A case of osteoma cutis.
- Author:
Heung Ryeol CHOI
;
Tae Jin CHUN
;
Seong Jun SEO
;
Chang Kwun HONG
;
Byung In RO
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Osteoma cutis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Dermis;
Female;
Forehead;
Haversian System;
Humans;
Osteoblasts;
Osteoma*;
Skin;
Skin Diseases
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1992;30(2):249-252
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Osteoma cutis is a primary cutaneous ossification, which has no preceding trauma or skin disease and no evidence of Albrights hereditary osteodystrophy n the patient or his family. The lesion appears as hard, round to irregular, sharply defined tumor of varying size within the skin or subcutis, and color ranges from flesh-colored to purple or brown. We report herein a case of osteoma cutis in a 32-year-old female, who had a 1 x 1cm sized, asymptomatic, round, flesh colored, hard nodule on the right side of her forehead for 5 years. Histopathologic examination showed mature bone with many ostocytes, osteoblasts, cement lines and Haversian canals in the dermis.
