E. Levi. Pharyngocranial canal in two acromegolic skulls; the significance of this fact for the pathogenesis of acromegaly and similar syndromes. Revue neurol. 1909, № 9

Abstract

The authors studied two acromegalic skulls located in the Florentine anatomical pathologist. institute. With a general dolichocephalic structure of the skull, they were distinguished by a noticeable protrusion of the lower jaw, an increase in the Turkish saddle, and in the depth of the latter, an opening of the cranio-pharyngeal canal was found. In the normal state, this channel is obliterated during the first 3 months of intrauterine life.

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