Acquired Perforating Osteoma Cutis: A Rare Histopathological Diagnosis. 2023

Kate Zipperer, and Ayezel Munoz, and Erica Kelly, and Brandon Goodwin
John Sealy School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; and.

Perforating osteoma cutis is a benign proliferation of mature bone within the dermis and subcutaneous tissue of the skin with transepidermal elimination. Transepidermal elimination of bone is the hallmark of perforating osteoma cutis and is defined by the breaching of bone through the epidermis. Perforating osteoma cutis is exceptionally rare because only 6 cases have been recorded in the literature at the time of preparation of this report. In this report, we present the case of a 65-year-old female patient with a medical history of nonmelanoma skin cancer, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type II diabetes mellitus presented for evaluation of a skin lesion of the posterior lower left leg, which had been present for 1 year. Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of acquired perforating osteoma cutis. Treatment with surgical removal by tangential biopsy has thus far proven to be both diagnostic and therapeutic because no recurrence has been noted as of 6 months.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009999 Ossification, Heterotopic The development of bony substance in normally soft structures. Ossification, Pathologic,Ectopic Ossification,Heterotopic Ossification,Ossification, Ectopic,Ossification, Pathological,Pathologic Ossification,Pathological Ossification
D010016 Osteoma A benign tumor composed of bone tissue or a hard tumor of bonelike structure developing on a bone (homoplastic osteoma) or on other structures (heteroplastic osteoma). (From Dorland, 27th ed) Osteomas
D003924 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY. Diabetes Mellitus, Adult-Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Ketosis-Resistant,Diabetes Mellitus, Maturity-Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Slow-Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Stable,MODY,Maturity-Onset Diabetes Mellitus,NIDDM,Diabetes Mellitus, Non Insulin Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent,Diabetes Mellitus, Type II,Maturity-Onset Diabetes,Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,Type 2 Diabetes,Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus,Diabetes Mellitus, Adult Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Ketosis Resistant,Diabetes Mellitus, Maturity Onset,Diabetes Mellitus, Slow Onset,Diabetes, Maturity-Onset,Diabetes, Type 2,Ketosis-Resistant Diabetes Mellitus,Maturity Onset Diabetes,Maturity Onset Diabetes Mellitus,Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus,Slow-Onset Diabetes Mellitus,Stable Diabetes Mellitus
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012873 Skin Diseases, Genetic Diseases of the skin with a genetic component, usually the result of various inborn errors of metabolism. Genetic Skin Diseases,Disease, Genetic Skin,Diseases, Genetic Skin,Genetic Skin Disease,Skin Disease, Genetic

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