The official diagnosis was penile ossification, a rare condition which occurs when a "bony extraskeletal structure forms inside the penis due to an accumulation of calcium salts in the organ's ...

Mau finds a nice metaphor from the world of medicine for his thesis that the East will remain different in the long term: ossification. This phenomenon is "somewhat open to interpretation, because it ...

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone ...

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone formation in the spine, leading to severe neurological symptoms due to spinal ...

Osteochondrosis of the primary ossification center (Köhler's disease of the patella), however, is infrequently described in the literature. Our case seems to be the first case of isolated painful ...