exostosis; hyperostosis; osteoma; osteoncus

Introduction

A bony growth which arises from the surface of a bone, often involving ossification of muscular attachments.

More general terms

• abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)

More specific terms

• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH, Forestier disease, ankylosing hyperostosis of the spine, spondylosis hyperostotica)
• endosteal hyperostosis Worth type; autosomal dominant osteosclerosis (WENHY)
• hyperostosis corticalis generalisata (van Buchem disease)
• multiple hereditary exostosis
• osteoma cutis
• subungual exostosis