HEREDITARY multiple exostoses are a distinct clinical entity more frequently encountered than is generally appreciated. We have recently had the opportunity of studying 4 members of a Negro family who ...

The development of buccal bone exostoses subsequent to free gingival grafts has been reported in a small number of cases since 1991, when the first two cases were described. The most recent five cases ...

An exostosis, also called an osteoma, is a benign overgrowth of a pre-existing bone. It forms during the active growth stage. In the majority of cases the bone overgrowth is capped with cartilage, and ...

Multiple exostoses is a skeletal abnormality that is caused by genetic factors; this is why it is generally referred to as hereditary multiple exostoses. It is also known as multiple osteochondromas ...

A subungual exostosis is a bony prominence or an outgrowth of bone that can occur under the toenail. This happens below the nail hence the term subungual. They generally are a result of some form of ...