osteoma
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osteomas,
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osteomata
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noun
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The Swartkrans tumor was initially described, in a doctoral thesis, as a benign growth called an osteoid osteoma.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
An osteoma which does not cause symptoms may be left alone, as it ceases to grow when the skeleton is mature and has no tendency to change its benign character.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The ivory or compact osteoma is composed of dense bone, and usually grows from the skull.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
A remarkable form of unilateral hypertrophy and diffuse osteoma of the skull, following the distribution of the fifth nerve, has seen described by Jonathan Hutchinson and Alexis Thomson.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Its development from fibrous tissue is more likely to result in a fibroma; from fat tissue, a lipoma, or a myxoma; from cartilage or bone, a chondroma or osteoma.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Many examples of this variety of odontoma, growing in the nasal cavity or in the maxillary sinus, have been erroneously regarded as osteomas even after removal.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Figure 251 shows an analogous condition, called by Hutchinson symmetric osteomata of the nasal processes of the maxilla.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Roentgenray examination may show the shadow of enchondromata or osteomata, and will also show variations in aeration should the tumor be in a bronchus.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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