Part of “CHAPTER 66 – RARE DISORDERS OF SKELETAL FORMATION AND HOMEOSTASIS“

Infantile cortical hyperostosis is a self-limited, focal skeletal disorder in which exuberant periosteal new bone causes transient swellings that involve adjacent musculature, fascia, and connective tissues. The swellings slowly resolve but often recur and can cause deformity.5,7 Autosomal dominant transmission with variable expression and incomplete penetrance can occur.43