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 hyperostosis (or Caffey’s disease) affects infants under six months. There is periodic swelling of the long bones, jaw, and shoulder blade, with pain and a fever. The condition settles spontaneously.
(anákhré) n. a condition following an infection with *yaws in which the nasal processes of the upper jaw bone thicken (see hyperostosis) to form two large bony swellings, about 7 cm in diameter, on either side of the nose. The swellings not only obstruct the nostrils but also interfere with the field of vision. Initial symptoms include persistent headache and a bloody purulent discharge from the nose. Early cases can be treated with injections of penicillin; otherwise surgical removal of the growths is necessary. Goundou occurs in central Africa and South America.... goundou
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