These include acrochordons, fibrovascular papillomas, collagenous hamartoma, hyperplastic or hypertrophic scar, and fibroepithelial polyp. (wagwalking.com)
It now turns out that Yushchenko was probably saved by the benign but ugly lumps called hamartomas that grew on his face and body — seen in the December 2004 photo below — which helped isolate the dioxin from his vital organs. (newscientist.com)
PTEN, encoding a dual specificity phosphatase on 10q23.3, is being examined in Cowden and other hamartoma syndromes and isolated cancers. (lerner.ccf.org)