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PubMed2005

Hyperostosis frontalis interna: forensic issues.

The use of pathological conditions in age and sex determination, important factors in personal identification, is not widespread in anthropology and legal medicine. Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is a bone condition that mainly affects the inner table of the frontal bone. Although there are numerous publications on the subject, at the present time its etiology remains obscure. Several associations of symptoms, whose incidence varies according to the population studied, have been described. Age and gender appear to be linked with the preponderance of this condition, as does the presence of behavioral disturbances. The aim of our study, based on a series of 1532 autopsies, was to define the incidence and the associations observed with other pathological conditions. Thirteen cases of HFI were identified (0.8% of autopsies), 12 women and one man whose mean age was 59.15 years (range: 42-79 years). All had behavioral disturbances and most were under psychiatric care. This study emphasizes the value of this condition in medico-legal identification.

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PubMed1986

Androgens, bone mineral content and hyperostosis frontalis interna in pre-menopausal women.

Greater than normal bone mineral content, bone width of the radius measured by photon absorptiometry and bone mineral content to bone width ratio found in women with hyperostosis frontalis interna pointed on a generalized alteration of the skeletal system. An increase in serum dehydroepiandosterone, its sulphate and testosterone levels and a significant correlation between serum free dehydroepiandosterone and bone mineral content in subjects without any sign of hirsutism or obesity suggested an involvement of androgens in pathogenesis of this metabolic bone disorder.

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