METABOLIC CRANIOPATHY: HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA
Authors: Phillip T. Knies, H. E. Le Fever
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941METABOLIC CRANIOPATHY: HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNAPHILLIP T. KNIES, M.D., H. E. LE FEVER, M.D.PHILLIP T. KNIES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. E. LE FEVER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1858 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe entity generally referred to ashyperostosis frontalis interna, the Morgagni syndrome, or the Stewart-Morel syndrome, and recently renamed metabolic craniopathy by Moore43is not new to medical literature. It has been the topic of occasional discussion and considerable confusion in European writings since its description by Morgagni.47Though the entity has not always been clearly defined, its notation may be recognized in the reports of numerous authors through the last century and a half, during which time it has been included in a number of craniopathies, and in several other named syndromes. Thus, it has been described as a...Bibliography1. ALMQUIST R: Stewart-Morel syndrome, Acta psychiat. et neur., 1933, viii, 279-287. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BEADLES CF: The cranium of the insane, Edinburgh Med. Jr., 1898, iii, 263. Google Scholar3. LEWIS B: Textbook of mental diseases, 1889, London. Google Scholar4. BIRKETT J: On cartilaginous and bony growths, Guy's Hosp. Rep., London, 1869, 3rd serv., xiv, 493. Google Scholar5. BONNAMOURJAMIN : Maladie Osseuse de Paget au Niveau de Crane, Lyon méd., 1926, cxxxviii, 535. Google Scholar6. 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