exostoses meaning

[Medicine]
Benign hypertrophy that projects outward from the surface of bone,often containing a cartilaginous component.

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1. Such cases are only exhibited with multiple exostoses.
2. The fourth left metatarsal bore rough exostoses at its midpoint and near the far end.
3. Excess tension can also cause exostoses where the ligaments attach to the navicular bone, giving the bone a " canoe " shape.
4. MHE is characterized by cartilage-capped tumours, known as osteochondromas or exostoses, which develop primarily on the long bones of affected individuals from early childhood until puberty.
5. Mutations at the EXT1-3 gene loci in humans leads to an inability of cells to produce HS and to the development of the disease Multiple Hereditary Exostoses ( MHE ).