Acromegaly / by Maximilian Sternberg ; translated by F.R.B. Atkinson.

  • Sternberg, Maximilian, 1863-
Date:
[1899]
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Credit: Acromegaly / by Maximilian Sternberg ; translated by F.R.B. Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arching forwards of the orbital curve (Fig. 5), or the whole forehead, the mastoid process (Fig. 5), or the antrum of Highmore. The bulging of those walls of the air sinuses, which are situated in the interior of the skull, naturally brings about changes in the surrounding parts. The orbit may Fia. 4.—Front view of the skull of a case of acromegaly, 208'7 cm. high, from the Anatomical Institute in Vienna. Age about 30. especially become narrowed through inflation of the ethmoid, of the lower walls of the frontal sinuses, and of the upper wall of the antrum of Highmore (ef. skiagraph. Fig. 10, p. 54). The inflated walls are sometimes thinned, even like ])aper, and Iranspareut, but more frequently, and espechdly if the disease has lasted for a long time,