Osteochondroma
"Osteochondroma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A cartilage-capped benign tumor that often appears as a stalk on the surface of bone. It is probably a developmental malformation rather than a true neoplasm and is usually found in the metaphysis of the distal femur, proximal tibia, or proximal humerus. Osteochondroma is the most common of benign bone tumors.
Descriptor ID |
D015831
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MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.575.610 C05.116.099.708.670
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Concept/Terms |
Osteochondroma- Osteochondroma
- Osteochondromas
- Chondrosteoma
- Chondrosteomas
- Exostosis, Cartilaginous
- Cartilaginous Exostoses
- Cartilaginous Exostosis
- Exostoses, Cartilaginous
- Exostosis, Osteocartilaginous
- Exostoses, Osteocartilaginous
- Osteocartilaginous Exostoses
- Osteocartilaginous Exostosis
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Osteochondroma" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Osteochondroma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteochondroma" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Hansberry DR, Gupta R, Prabhu AV, Agarwal N, Cox M, Joneja U, Curtis MT, Harrop JS, Flanders AE. Thoracic spinal osteochondroma: A rare presentation of spinal cord compression. Clin Imaging. 2017 Sep - Oct; 45:18-21.
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