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  2. Leontiasis ossea - Wikipedia

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    Leontiasis ossea, also known as leontiasis, lion face or lion face syndrome, is a rare medical condition, characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones. It is not a disease in itself, but a symptom of other diseases, including Paget's disease , fibrous dysplasia , hyperparathyroidism and renal osteodystrophy .

  3. Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (CDD), also known as lionitis, is an extremely rare autosomal recessive bone disorder that causes calcium to build up in the skull, disfiguring the facial features and reducing life expectancy.

  4. Leonine facies - Wikipedia

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    Leonine facies is a facies that resembles that of a lion.It is seen in multiple conditions and has been classically described for lepromatous leprosy as well as Paget's disease of bone.

  5. Roy L. Dennis - Wikipedia

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    Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis (December 4, 1961 – October 4, 1978) was an American teenager who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, an extremely rare sclerotic bone disorder. The condition usually results in neurological disorders and death during childhood or teenage years.

  6. Hyperplasia of midface - Wikipedia

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    Hyperplasia of midface with bulbous fingers in leontiasis ossea Hyperplasia of midface is a condition in which the infraorbital and perialar regions are anteriorally positioned, facial convexity is increased, and/or the nasolabial angle is increased.

  7. Category:Syndromes with craniofacial abnormalities - Wikipedia

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    Leontiasis ossea; Long face syndrome; Lujan–Fryns syndrome; M. Malpuech facial clefting syndrome; McDonough syndrome; McGillivray syndrome; MDP syndrome; Melnick ...

  8. Rudolf Virchow - Wikipedia

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    Virchow's disease, leontiasis ossea, now recognized as a symptom rather than a disease; Virchow's gland, Virchow's node; Virchow's law, during craniosynostosis, skull growth is restricted to a plane perpendicular to the affected, prematurely fused suture and is enhanced in a plane parallel to it.

  9. Overgrowth - Wikipedia

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    Leontiasis ossea Lion Face Syndrome, is a rare medical condition, characterized by an overgrowth of the facial and cranial bones; Hereditary gingival fibromatosis a rare condition of gingival overgrowth