title: Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a patient with giant cell arteritis.
abstract: Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is a disorder characterized by progressive symmetric thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone of the human skull. HFI may be accompanied by headache and some neuropsychiatric diseases such as epilepsy and dementia. Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called temporal arteritis, is a systemic inflammatory vasculitis of unknown etiology that affects medium- and large-sized arteries. It affects elderly people and may result in a wide variety of systemic, neurologic and ophthalmologic complications. As no association of HFI and GCA was encountered in the literature, we found it interesting to report a case with both of these clinical entities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. hllkocabas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kocabas
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: Meltem Alkan
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Melikoglu
authors.forename: Ulku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gurbuz
authors.forename: Ozge
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Illeez
authors.forename: Irem Hicran
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Ozbudak
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Butun
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006957:Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D000082:Acetaminophen; D011239:Prednisolone