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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan 10:2012:bcr0720114439.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4439.

Frontal cortex dysfunction due to extensive hyperostosis frontalis interna

Thomas Gilbert  1 , Sabrina Ait, Floriane Delphin, Emmanuel Raharisondraibe, Marc Bonnefoy
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Case Reports

Frontal cortex dysfunction due to extensive hyperostosis frontalis interna

Thomas Gilbert et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

An 87-year-old patient was found to have an unusually protrusive hyperostosis frontalis interna, discovered on MRI examination during an assessment of cognitive decline. Neuropsychological evaluation suggested direct repercussions of the frontal lobe compression on executive functions, as well as psychiatric disorders and possibly memory loss.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial T2* (A) and sagittal T1 (B) MR images showing severe, bilateral thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone with cortex compression.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronal T1-weighted MRI picturing atrophy of the right hippocampus.
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