By Michael Perry, M.D. Degenerative disc disease frequently causes lower back pain, otherwise known as lumbago. This condition is one of the most common and can arise due to a variety of factors, including sudden trauma, but the most common reason for developing degenerative disc disease is simply growing older.
Background: Bony raised bumps on the forehead are not rare and are known as osteomas. They occur due to the development of normal bone under the periosteum of the non-hair bearing forehead.They are benign overgrowths of bone that are non-mobile.arge frontal osteomas that are more than just a bump on the forehead are rare. But they present differently due to their size and their association with other symptoms such as pain. A CT scan will show that the osteoma is more aggressive as it extends deeper into the skull bone and is a truly expansile bone lesion.
It is not known what causes osteoid osteoma. Symptoms of osteoid osteoma include: 1  Sharp pain that is worse at night, when your child is at rest, but is commonly relieved with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications.2  Tenderness.n 7-20 percent of cases, osteoid osteoma occurs in the spine. The non-cancerous tumor usually affects patients between the ages of 10 and 30. Boys are twice as likely as girls to develop osteoid osteomas, which can cause extreme pain.