infantile cortical hyperostosis

infantile cortical hyperostosis
a disease of young infants characterized by soft tissue swellings over the affected bones, fever, and irritability, and marked by periods of remission and exacerbation; called also Caffey disease.

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  • hyperostosis — n. excessive enlargement of the outer layer of a bone. The condition is harmless and is usually recognized as an incidental finding on X ray. It commonly affects the frontal bone of the skull (hyperostosis frontalis). Infantile cortical… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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