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osteoma cutis
Cutaneous ossification.
Etiology:
1) degenerative calcification in focus of tumor or inflammatory lesion
2) primary new bone growth in normal skin (rare)
3) association with Albright hereditary osteodystrophy
Related
calcification
General
exostosis; hyperostosis; osteoma; osteoncus
References
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, FA Davis, Philadelphia,
1977