exostosis
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An exostosis ( exostoses) is a benign (non-cancerous) new growth projecting from the surface of a bone, informally known as a bone spur. Exostoses can cause chronic pain ranging from mild to severe, depending on the shape, size, and location of the lesion, though most are asymptomatic and are found by chance on plain x-ray taken for other reasons. Occasionally, an exostosis can be potentially life-threatening.
Key facts
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- Exostosis
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- X-ray of the left femur of a 5-year-old boy with an osteochondroma (a type of exostosis) at the lateral side, just above the knee.
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Research
6,511 papers- External auditory exostosis among surfers: a comprehensive and systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
- Subungual exostosis.Indian journal of pathology & microbiology · 2021
- Subungual Exostosis (Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis).Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association · 2018
- Hereditary multiple exostosis.Acta orthopaedica Belgica · 2013
- Pediatric Subungual Exostosis.Cutis · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Exostose Femur 54jm- CT cor und VR - 001.svg
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- Commons category
- Exostoses
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3029
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100777
- ICD-9-CM
- 726.91
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7 sectionsContents
- Osteophytes
- Fossil record
- Osteochondromas
- Hereditary multiple exostoses
- Types
- See also
- References
An exostosis ( exostoses) is a benign (non-cancerous) new growth projecting from the surface of a bone, informally known as a bone spur. Exostoses can cause chronic pain ranging from mild to severe, depending on the shape, size, and location of the lesion, though most are asymptomatic and are found by chance on plain x-ray taken for other reasons. Occasionally, an exostosis can be potentially life-threatening.
When used in the phrases "cartilaginous exostosis" or "osteocartilaginous exostosis", the term is considered synonymous with osteochondroma. Some sources consider the two terms to mean the same thing even without qualifiers, but this interpretation is not universal.