NOUN
- a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible
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- _Lymphoma, enchondroma and osteoma_, if not too extensively involving the laryngeal walls, may be excised with basket punch forceps, but lymphoma is probably better treated by radium. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Vitamin D deficiency can lead to bone disease: osteomalacia in adults, rickets in infants and children.
- _Osteoma_ occurs in two forms: the exostosis, which may be composed of cancellated or of compact tissue, and the diffuse osteoma or leontiasis ossea (Volume I., p. 485). Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- Roentgenray examination may show the shadow of enchondromata or osteomata, and will also show variations in aeration should the tumor be in a bronchus. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- _Osteoma_ occurs in two forms: the exostosis, which may be composed of cancellated or of compact tissue, and the diffuse osteoma or leontiasis ossea (Volume I., p. 485). Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- If blood levels of calcium fall then calcium is withdrawn from bone, resulting in osteomalacia and osteoporosis.
- Precautions in treatment of cancellous osteomata: affected. a. Excision by chizeling. d. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The diagnosis of osteomalacia, made in the past by bone biopsy and more recently by measurements of bone mineral density, may be overlooked in some patients.
- And inadequate intake can result in a softening of bone surfaces, called osteomalacia, which causes pain. Daily News & Analysis
- Calcium and vitamin D malabsorption dramatically increases the risk of osteoporosis and osteomalacia in patients with gluten-sensitive enteropathy.