Morgagni syndrome
Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome consists of the triad of:
- hyperostosis frontalis interna
- obesity
- excessive hair growth (virilism/hirsutism)
and is also associated with neuropsychiatric conditions. The cause is unclear.
History and etymology
It was first described in 1765 by the Italian anatomist and pathologist Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771) . The Scottish neuropsychiatrist Roy Mackenzie Stewart (1889-1964) and the Swiss psychiatrist Ferdinand Morel (1888-1957) also contributed to the understanding of this condition . The latter is often confused with his namesake Benedict Augustin Morel (1809-1873), an Austrian psychiatrist, who was completely unrelated .
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Morgagni syndrome:
