• Age and ageing · Mar 2006

    Case Reports

    Hyperostosis frontalis interna associated with hypogonadism in an elderly man.

    • Kentaro Yamakawa, Kotaro Mizutani, Makio Takahashi, Masaru Matsui, and Takahiro Mezaki.
    • Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. yamakawa@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
    • Age Ageing. 2006 Mar 1;35(2):202-3.

    AbstractHyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI), symmetric thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone, is relatively common in women but very rare in men. We report the case of an elderly male patient with HFI. This patient was accompanied by primary hypogonadism, which may be related to the underlying pathogenesis of HFI.

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