Thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone, which may be associated with hypertrichosis and obesity. It most commonly affects women near menopause.
Entry Term(s)
Leontiasis Ossium
Morgagni-Stewart-Morel Syndrome
NLM Classification #
WE 705
Public MeSH Note
LEONTIASIS OSSIUM was heading 1963-84
Online Note
use HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA to search LEONTIASIS OSSIUM 1966-84
Thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone, which may be associated with hypertrichosis and obesity. It most commonly affects women near menopause.
