Frontal cortex dysfunction due to extensive hyperostosis frontalis interna.
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.
Service de médecine gériatrique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France. thomasgilbertmiguet@yahoo.fr
Thomas
T
Gilbert
Sabrina
S
Ait
Floriane
F
Delphin
Emmanuel
E
Raharisondraibe
Marc
M
Bonnefoy
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006957:Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging