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Tiny bone growth on my forehead?

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Dr. Emil Shakov answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Osteoma: An osteoma (plural: "osteomata") is a new piece of bone usually growing on another piece of bone, typically the skull. It is a benign tumor. Could be part of gardner syndrome which is inherited colonic polyps.

Answered 3/23/2020

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