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Enlarged bones
Enlarged bones are a clinical finding in which the bones are larger than in a normal, healthy person.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Enlarged bones?
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A 41-year old asked:
Do enlarged bones have any noticeable physical or psychological effects?
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A 30-year old asked:
I need help for enlarged navicular bone?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can you tell me if a male has an enlarged pubic bone can he still have kids?
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A 42-year old asked:
Does soy milk actually enlarge your bones?
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A 38-year old asked:
What to do if I have an enlarged breast bone. What does that mean?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Seeing lot of different opinions about acromegaly. Would one past age 35 still grow inches taller or would features just enlarge? Aren't bones closed?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can a node inside collar bone enlarge 4-5 mm cause of wounds on neck and shoulders?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Can butterfly yoga exercise enlarge my hip bone?? And also which meals can do it ? Im still 21 years old.and i heard that the bones growing till 25
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A 26-year old female asked:
Cluster of small hard and some over 1cm lymph nodes on both side of groin and pubic bone, enlarged for around 2 yrs, biopsy soon, indicate lymphoma?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have a left breast lump, burning stomach pain (on tecta), headaches (lots of pressure), enlarged left chest bone, occasional tight chest pain. Help.
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A 76-year old female asked:
Could I have bursitis if tip of tibia bone is enlarged and knee is somewhat swollen, pain is mostly in leg?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Increased alt, ast , and iron level with enlarged lymphnodes around clavicle bone. Any ideas?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My 6 week olds symptoms are, low platelets, low rbc, enlarged liver and spleen. Bone marrow & liver biopsy, throne infections, all negative. Any idea?
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A male asked:
I grew half inch last year...i just turned 17...i am 5"5 inches..my bone age test when I was 13 said my bones were 11.7..am i done growing?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I have a bone deformation in my head that grew over night, and it has been there for almost 5 years now, and i don't know what is it.
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A 43-year old asked:
What causes a lymph-node on your mastoid bone to stay enlarged for years?
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A male asked:
If you had a bone cyst near a growth plate, would you notice if it grew into and damages the growth plate? (ie would you have any symptoms?)
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A 25-year old female asked:
When press one tonsils feel hard bone inside.No pain not enlarged.dont have other discomfort.What is that?Is it tonsils stone?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Have tendonitis of elbow, now elbow bone has become very enlarged and pointy and painful.Read somewhere its calcium buildup. what do for it, and elbow in general been already 4 months and still hurts?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Why is my pubic bone so large? I understand im decently overweight (510 220pounds) but Its to the point where my penile shaft is hidden & it really affects my mental health since my penis never really grew in the first place during puberty. im 20?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I have a enlarged lymph node at my collar bone. It appeared after a bump that I had on my neck in April. It seems to have gone down some but its still there when I run my neck I can feel it rolling over my collar bone. ?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Is a 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm nodule in submandibular gland biopsiable? U/S left superior to the gland, hypoechoic, ? enlarged gland - inferiorly adjacent node 0.8 x 0.5 x 1.1 with fatty hilum. Hx: recent dental implant work with bone grafts. No symts.
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A 34-year old asked:
What exactly does it mean if the doctor finds that the bone around your pituitary gland is enlarged?
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A 47-year old female asked:
What rare genetic disorders keep long bones from fusing? Brother grew 1" in mid20s; I grew several inches in late30s. We had no other physical changes
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A 40-year old asked:
Is it possible that an enlarged lymphnode on your mastoid bone (behind your ear) be hereditary?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can you tell me if manual labor causes hands to enlarge by increasing muscle size or bone size or both?
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A 37-year old female asked:
What does having bone marrow cells move to and enlarge the liver and spleen indicate in myelofibrosis? Does this change the prognosis?
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A 40-year old male asked:
8.5 yrs daughter with bone age of 11.5 yrs. Mri: diffused enlargement of pituitary gland 10.5x7.3x7.8mm with no focal lesion. How abnormal is the size
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A 39-year old asked:
Hey docs, should my baby have his bone broken by surgery to repair that grew back with a bow after fracture?
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