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Cutaneous Osteomas: A Clinical and Histopathologic Review

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In 20000 consecutive skin biopsies we found 35 cutaneous osteomas. Ten were primary while 25 appeared secondary to another abnormality. Associated with ossification were Malherbe's calcifying epithelioma, basal cell carcinoma, nevus cell nevus, appendageal and fibrous proliferations, inflammation, trauma, and calcification. Cutaneous bone formation appears to be either a hamartomatous or metaplastic phenomenon.

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Unter 20000 nicht ausgewählten Haut-Biopsien fanden wir 35 cutane Osteome. 10 Fälle zeigten ein primäres Osteom, während 25 sekundär mit anderen Abnormalitäten auftraten. Mit diesen Ossifikationen waren das Epithelioma calcificans Malherbe, Basaliome, Naevuszellnaevi, Proliferationen an Hautadnexen oder des Bindegewebes, Entzündungen, Traumen und Calcifikationen vergesellschaftet. Cutane Knochenformationen traten entweder als Hamartome oder metaplastische Phänomene auf.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Walter Burgdorf

  2. Department of Dermatology and Venerology, J. W. Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-6000, Frankfurt/Main, Federal Republic of Germany

    Theodor Nasemann

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. med. h.c. Oscar Gans on his 90th birthday, in appreciation for his support of German-American cooperation in dermatology

Dr. W. Burgdorf was a guest in the Department of Dermatology and Venerology, J. W. Goethe University, from 1 January through 30 June 1977

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Burgdorf, W., Nasemann, T. Cutaneous Osteomas: A Clinical and Histopathologic Review. Arch. Derm. Res. 260, 121–135 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00561117

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