Table 1. Classification of Osteoma Cutis
Primary Osteoma Cutis |
Secondary Osteoma Cutis |
Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy |
Inflammatory processes* |
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive |
Traumatic processes† |
Progressive osseous heteroplasia |
Neoplastic processes‡ |
Congenital plate-like osteoma cutis |
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Idiopathic solitary or multiple osteomas, including military osteomas |
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*Inflammatory processes – infections, acne, chronic venous insufficiency, scleroderma, dermatomyositis
†Traumatic processes – scars, injection sites, hematomas
‡Neoplastic processes – nevi, basal cell carcinomas, pilomatricomas, trichoepitheliomas, hemangiomas,
pyogenic granulomas, schwannomas, lipomas, chondroid syringomas, organoid nevi, epidermal cysts,
dermoid cysts, dermatofibromas, desmoplastic melanomas, cutaneous metastases, sebaceous hyperplasia,
fibro-osseous pseudotumor of the digits