Naked woman with lipomatous Frohlich's syndrome

Lipomatous type of Fröhlich's Syndrome, a diposogenital dystrophy
Identifier: sajoussanalytica01sajouoft (find matches)
Title: Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Sajous, Charles Euchariste de Médicis, 1852-1929
Subjects: Medicine Medicine -- Practice
Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co.
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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accumulations are often associated signs of increased intracranial tension, and at times, as we have remarked, mental disturbances. We are not as yet in a position to explain the special involvement of the reserve tissues in this affection, but will have to limit ourselves to recalling the following interesting observation reported by Madelung (Langenbecks Archiv, Ixxiii, p. 1066) : A girl 6 years o fage, having been shot in the head, began to put on fat six months later. Her weight doubled in the space of three years and reached 42 kg. (92 pounds). Examination with the X-rays revealed the bullet in the region of the infundibulum. Myxedema may form part of the hypophyseal syndrome. From the early observation of Norman Dalton (Lancet, No. 6, 1897) to that of Sainton and Rathery (Bull, de la Soc. INIed. desHop., May 8, 1908), a large number of cases have been reported which support the view that this combination may occur. The simultaneous presence of simple goiter and of Basedow disease aas
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Lipomatous Type of Frohlich's Syndrome. (P. E. Laimois.) ACROMEGALY (LAUNOIS AND CESBRON). 283 likewise been reported. Although the association of these disorders is a point in favor of the existence of a polyglandular syndrome, it would be rash at this time to attempt to define the latter precisely. The polyglandular syndrome was clearly marked in a case observed by the writer. The right lobe of the thyroid showed a distinct enlargement of the colloid type; Addisons was shown by a brownish discoloration of the face and arms and asthenia. Bendell (Albany Med. Annals, Sept., 1915). The writer observed a case of typical acromegalia in which an extreme degree of exophthalmos existed along with the von Graefe, Dalrymple, Stellwag and Gififords signs of Gravess disease. Weidler (Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., Apr. 6,1916). Ophthalmic Disorders.—The quasi-positiic signs of the presence of a tumor of the hypophysis are found in a study of the ocular disorders, which result from the close anatomical re