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What is a bone growth on leg?
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Exostosis?: It's difficult to say without seeing an image of this bone growth. My best guess is that this could be referring to a benign, mushroom like growth from the side of the bone called an osteochondroma, aka exostosis. Another possibility is a "bone growth" within the soft tissues called myositis ossificans, which can result from prior trauma to that location.
Answered 10/2/2015
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