Osteochondromas are the rare benign and malignant tumour of the growing bone, usually affecting the young adults. Solitary osteocartilaginous exostosis is more common than the hereditary multiple exostosis (HME). The first 3 decades of life has maximum chances of getting affected with osteochondroma and hardly occurs in craniofacial bones because of the fact that these bones are not formed by e...

Multiple cartilaginous exostosis was diagnosed in a six-month-old Golden Retriever cross-bred male with a history of forelimb lameness and isolated, but very painful, acute episodes. Physical examination revealed a right forelimb lameness with a firm, painful palpable mass on the cranial aspect of the forearm. The radiological examination showed the presence of bony masses at the humerus and ra...

Osteochondroma (or osteocartilaginous exostosis) is the most common bone tumor of childhood, with an incidence ranging from 1 to 1.4 per 1,000,000. In the lumbar spine, osteochondromata usually arise from the posterior column at the secondary ossification center and grow away from the spinal canal without causing neurologic deficits. This article reports a rare intraspinal lumbar osteochondroma...

The aim of this paper is to show that osteochondromas of the cervical vertebrae can cause myelopathy and neck pain.The reported etiology, diagnosis, treatment and differential diagnosis were reviewed. Osteochondromas may present as a solitary lesion with no genetic component or as multiple lesions as a part of a genetic disorder known as hereditary multiple exostosis. Osteochondromas of the spi...

The tumors of the external auditory canal are relatively rare. Among these tumors an osteoma is not common. Two cases of osteoma of the external auditory canal were reported. The patient, 26-year-old female, had a history of left-sided hearing impairment and w hard mass protruding from the posterior part of the left external canal. A stony hard mass almost completely occlu ded the left external...