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0004490 Calvarial hyperostosis

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Increased ossification of calvarial bones
Hyperostosis of calvarial bones
Overgrowth of skullcap

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The calvaria (skull cap) is made up of the frontal, occipital, right and left parietal, right and left temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, and thus comprises the upper dome-like part of the skull and does not include the lower jaw.