Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour of soft parts—a new tumour of the parotid/zygomatic arch region

The ossifying fibromyxoid tumour of soft parts was first described as recently as 1989 by Enzinger 5 has not been previously reported in the maxillofacial literature. This tumour has a proven record of recurrence and a potential in a few cases to become malignant and to metastasise. Being such a rare and relatively newly described tumour it has proved to be difficult to diagnose and manage. In order to illustrate these difficulties we describe a case in which such a tumour occured in the parotid/zygomatic arch region and recurred three times following surgical removal over a period of 24 years. Since the tumour has a pseudo-capsule containing nests of tumour cells, we recommend that it could be removed from the head and neck region with a wide margin of excision.