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osteoma
[ os-tee-oh-muh ]
noun
, Pathology.
, plural os·te·o·mas, os·te·o·ma·ta [os-tee-, oh, -m, uh, -t, uh].
- a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
osteoma
/ ˌɒstɪˈəʊmə /
noun
- a benign tumour composed of bone or bonelike tissue
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The spongy or cancellous osteoma is really an ossified chondroma, and is met with at the ends of the long bones (Fig. 52).
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The ivory or compact osteoma is composed of dense bone, and usually grows from the skull.
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Subungual exostosis is an osteoma growing from the terminal phalanx of the great toe (Fig. 107).
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Clinically, the osteoma forms a hard, indolent tumour attached to a bone.
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Osteoma—usually the ivory variety—may originate in the wall of the orbit, or may spread from the adjacent sinuses.
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