Diseases

Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna

Thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone, which may be associated with hypertrichosis and obesity. It most commonly affects women near menopause.

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Abstract

Thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone, which may be associated with hypertrichosis and obesity. It most commonly affects women near menopause.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Leontiasis Ossium
  • Morgagni-Stewart-Morel Syndrome
  • Morgagni Stewart Morel Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Morgagni-Stewart-Morel

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

frontalis refers to frontal bone of skull

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History Note

LEONTIASIS OSSIUM was heading 1963-84

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NLM Classification

WE 705

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006957. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006957
  2. Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperostosis_frontalis_interna
  3. Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641052