Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma of the posterior fossa: a case report and review.

Background: Ossifying fibroma is a rare benign bone tumor that occurs mostly in the jaw, but also affects paranasal sinuses and fronto-ethmoidal complex. Occipital bone is an extremely rare location for these tumors; only two cases have been reported.

Methods: We present the first case reported as psammomatoid subtype of ossifying fibroma, according to the 2005 WHO classification.