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What Is A Mitotic Lesion?
what is a mitotic lesion.my son of 13yers has a firm swelling on the forehead and another on his chest bone. it was noticed two months ago and has been progressively increasing in size. a meical personel mentioned the word mitotic lesion. kindly explain what it means
Mon, 7 Aug 2017
Hi...by what you quote I feel that, your son might be having dermoid cyst. Both the places where you say that he is having them are in the midline where the bones join together during early development. That is the reason why I suspect these to be dermoid cysts.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth.
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