Hi I have a hard solid bump on the left side of my forhead I have had this since I was a child I don't know how it got there it might have been there since birth. It is solid to touch it does not move and it is not painfull and it has not grown in size. Ihave had 2 separate consultations with a osteoma specialist surgeons nd on both occasions they have said it is defiantly not a osteoma they said it could just be the way my forhead bone has formed? Is there anyway I could get this shaved down.
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Your parents were correct in that trauma to the forehead/skull at a young age can be a nidus for bone formation. This results in a bone formation response which is as you have described it and can be seen in the lateral skull film. (the limited CT scan slices do to show the involved area) Such...
Labret piercings may be treated with a small surgical excision of the indentation or TCA cross, which is the application of an acidic peel solution applied to the indendation in an attempt to scar it from the inside out. While both procedures would leave a mark, the aim of them is to leave a...
What you have is very common after a temporal craniotomy. Even though the bone flap has been fitted back to the surrounding bone, the elevated temporal muscle is now contracted and scarred down (hence the bulge above the zygomatic arch) and there is a an even bone contour across the side of the...
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