Pathology · Skeletal System · Medium
Osteoma
Meaning: Benign, slow-growing outgrowth of dense mature bone, usually on the skull, sinuses or mandible.
In practice: Multiple lesions together with colonic polyps and soft tissue fibromas suggest Gardner syndrome.
Word parts
- -oma means a lump, mass or tumour
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