hyperostosis

Also known as bone hypertrophy, hypertrophy of bone, hypertrophy of bone (disorder), hypertrophy of bone (morphologic abnormality)

Hyperostosis is an excessive growth of bone. It may lead to exostosis. It occurs in many musculoskeletal disorders and from use of drugs like Isotretinoin.

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NCI Thesaurus ID: C34712
Commons category: Hyperostosis
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100774
ICD-9-CM: 733.99

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Hyperostosis is an excessive growth of bone. It may lead to exostosis. It occurs in many musculoskeletal disorders and from use of drugs like Isotretinoin.

Disorders featuring hyperostosis include: Camurati-Engelmann disease, type 2 Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, primary, autosomal recessive, 2 Melorheostosis Tumoral calcinosis, hyperphosphatemic, familial, 1 Worth disease