title: Platelike cutaneous osteoma.
abstract: Platelike osteoma cutis is a rare lesion that is most often congenital. An 85-year-old man developed a plate, or sheet, of subcutaneous bone in an area previously affected by morphea. The sheet of bone was visualized with a variety of imaging technics, including xerography, computed tomography, and radionuclide bone scans.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*