Osteoblastoma of the Hypopharynx: A Case Report

REPORTof difficulty in swallowing or voice change.On examination, the voice was normal, with no noisy breathing.On auscultation, no stridor and the act of swallowing was normal.The neck examination was normal.Videolaryngoscopy (VLS) examination revealed a smooth protruding IntroductIonOsteoblastoma is a benign bone tumor that is closely related to osteoid osteoma.Henry Jaffe and Leo Mayer first described osteoblastoma as an "osteoblastic osteoid tissue-forming tumor" in 1932. 1,2Lichtenstein later termed the lesion as an "osteogenic fibroma of bone" in his original description of osteoblastoma. 3,4It was initially described as a "giant osteoid osteoma" by Dahlin and Johnson Jr due to its histologic similarity to osteoid osteoma. 5The term osteoblastoma was later coined by Lichtenstein and Jaffe in their detailed independent reports of this neoplasm 3,6 in 1956.Osteoblastoma differs from osteoid osteoma in being larger than 2 cm in diameter and its aggressive behavior in bone (Fig. 1).We report a case of osteoblastoma hypopharynx and describe the clinical presentation, radiological findings, and successful outcome after surgical excision of the lesion. case descrIptIonA 10-year-old boy presented with complaints of snoring and mouth breathing for the duration of the past 11 months.There was no history 1,2,