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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.^[1]

Symptoms and signs

Manifestations include enlarged viscera, hepatomegaly, diabetes, short stature and cranial hyperostosis.^{[citation needed]}

^ Bruno Bissonnette, Igor Luginbuehl, Bruno Marciniak, Bernard J. Dalens (eds.): Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications (McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006) ISBN 0-07-135455-7