osteoma

Osteoma

Definition

 

Benign, hamartomatous bone-forming lesion arising from the surface of the affected bone

 

Aetiology

 

Excrescence of dense bone which arises from the surface of bones formed by intra-membranous ossification

 

Epidemiology

 

Age 25-50

 

M=F

 

Site

 

Skull or mandible

- classically