Dysostosis Cranio-Facialis

Cranio-facial Dysostosis in a Dorset Family.

Crouzon (1912), whose name has been given to the combination of developmental anomalies which he described as hereditary cranio-facial dysostosis, presented his first two cases to the Societe Medicale des H6pitals de Paris. The patients, a mother aged 29 years and her son aged 21 years, had a malformation of the cranial vault consisting of protrusion in the region of the bregma, widening transv...

cranio-spondylo-tubular dysostosis a unique historic iranian giant

severe overgrowth and tallness is very rare in human beings. the most common cause is gigantism due to the excessive secretion of the growth hormone, especially, before the closure of long bones’ epiphyseal growth plates. there are other rare disorders that are categorized on overgrowth syndromes. herein, we report an extremely rare, or even perhaps a unique, patient from iran. the clinical and...

Achondroplasia, Brachydactyly, and Cranio-Cleido-Dysostosis: Their Nature and Causation—A Preliminary Sketch

Metaphyseal dysostosis.

Metaphysial Dysostosis, Type Schmid.

It is interesting to note the way in which medical knowledge has developed over the years with regard to diseases superficially akin to classical rickets. The first stage followed as a result of the disappearance, owing to the improved knowledge of nutrition, of classical rickets as a common source of bony deformity. This led to the clearer recognition of the remaining 'resistant' forms of rick...