Heterotopic ossification happens when bone grows outside of its normal location and into the surrounding soft tissues of your body. When this happens, the pieces of bone that develop are called ...

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 ...

A 63-year-old man who was seeking care for his knee pain was taken aback to hear the unexpected diagnosis of penile ossification. The man, as reported in the September issue of Urology Case ...