Medicine:Katz syndrome

Katz syndrome
Other names	Hyperostosis frontalis interna
Hyperostosis frontalis interna in a 74-year-old woman
Specialty	Medical genetics

Katz syndrome is a rare congenital disorder, presenting as a polymalformative syndrome characterized by enlarged viscera, hepatomegaly, diabetes, and skeletal anomalies that result in a short stature, cranial hyperostosis, and typical facial features. It is probably a variant of the autosomal recessive type of Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia.

Symptoms and signs

Manifestations include enlarged viscera, hepatomegaly, diabetes, short stature and cranial hyperostosis.