 Osteochondroma
"Osteochondroma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A cartilage-capped benign tumor that often appears as a stalk on the surface of bone. It is probably a developmental malformation rather than a true neoplasm and is usually found in the metaphysis of the distal femur, proximal tibia, or proximal humerus. Osteochondroma is the most common of benign bone tumors.
| Descriptor ID |
D015831
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.575.610 C05.116.099.708.670
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteochondroma- Osteochondroma
- Osteochondromas
- Chondrosteoma
- Chondrosteomas
- Exostosis, Cartilaginous
- Cartilaginous Exostoses
- Cartilaginous Exostosis
- Exostoses, Cartilaginous
- Exostosis, Osteocartilaginous
- Exostoses, Osteocartilaginous
- Osteocartilaginous Exostoses
- Osteocartilaginous Exostosis
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteochondroma" by people in Profiles.
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Khodaee M, Ashby D. A Bump on the Knee. Am Fam Physician. 2015 Jul 15; 92(2):149-50.
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Holmes C, Choksi P, Wrobel JS. Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation: a novel case report of recurrence in the toe. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2015 Jan-Feb; 105(1):80-4.
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Lindeque BG, Oren T. Excision of proximal fibular tumors: a new posterior surgical approach. Orthopedics. 2010 Apr; 33(4):246-8.
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D'Ambrosio N, Kellman RM, Karimi S. Osteochondroma of the coronoid process (Jacob's disease): an unusual cause of restricted jaw motion. Am J Otolaryngol. 2011 Jan-Feb; 32(1):52-4.
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Somerset HL, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK, Rubinstein D, Breeze RE. Osteochondroma of the convexity: pathologic-neuroimaging correlates of a lesion that mimics high-grade meningioma. J Neurooncol. 2010 Jul; 98(3):421-6.
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Lindeque BG, Simson IW, Fourie PA. Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation of a phalanx. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1990; 110(1):58-60.
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