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infantile cortical hyperostosis

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infantile cortical hyperostosis

[′in·fən‚tīl ′kȯrd·ə·kəl ‚hī·pə‚rä′stō·səs]
(medicine)
A condition occurring during the first 3 months of life in which there is fever and painful swelling of the soft tissue of the lower jaw, characterized by periosteal proliferation of the mandible.
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A novel COL1A1 mutation in infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease) expands the spectrum of collagen-related disorders.
Enfermedad de Caffey en una familia y trastornos relacionados con el colageno tipo 1
The clinical and histopathological traits of the syndrome resemble those of canine craniomandibular osteopathy (Alexander, 1983; Gulanber et al., 2001; Huchkowsky, 2002) and human infantile cortical hyperostosis (Kamoun-Goldrat and Le Merrer, 2008).
Possible roles of Prostoglandin E1 and E2 have been suggested in some studies, in which elevated levels of serum prostaglandin E was detected in some children with infantile cortical hyperostosis, which is a similar disease to that found in humans in terms of clinical and histopathological aspects.
Calvarial Hyperostosis Syndrome in an American Pit Bull/Terrier/Amerikan Pit Bull Terrier bir Kopekte Calvarial Hiperosteozis Sendromu
Infantile cortical hyperostosis, Caffey's disease, involving two cousins.
Infantile cortical hyperostosis of the mandible
Infantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH), or Caffey's disease, has a low prevalence, is not easily recognized clinically, and is seldom reported in the primary care literature.
Right mandible swelling of unknown origin
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