Osteoma (and Gardner’s)

Question 1

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) description

Answer 1

On skull = on surface (vs. mets is in bone). Can get cranial n. sx, chronic sinusitis

Question 2

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) pain?

Answer 2

On skull = on surface (vs. mets is in bone). Can get cranial n. sx, chronic sinusitis

Question 3

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) location

Answer 3

Inside skull (frontal MC) or sinus

Question 4

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) plain film

Answer 4

Round, oval, well-defined, very opaque; most <2 cm.

Question 5

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) ddx

Answer 5

Osteochondroma, myositis ossificans (not in her chart)

Question 6

Osteoma

(and Gardner’s) malignant/refer?

Answer 6

Gardner’s =
multiple osteomas, colonic polyposis,
soft tissue fibromas