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PETEE BASSOE 



had become more pronounced and was not entirely bony, as a soft tumor 

 mass could be felt above the left ear. Bilateral choked disc was present. 

 In addition to these symptoms of compression of the brain and cranial 

 nerves the patient suffered from amebic dysentery. 



The necropsy revealed enormous hyperostosis of the anterior portion 

 of the skull, most marked on the left side (Fig. 11), causing a correspond- 



Fig. 10. Giant Wilkins, and his brother. (After Bassoe, J. Nerv. & Ment. Dis.) 



ing deformity of the brain (Figs. 12 and 13). The greatest thickness of 

 the frontal bone was 8.5 cm. The anterior fossa on the left side was com- 

 pletely filled with bone and the middle one nearly filled. The sella turcica 

 was wide, its floor partly eroded. A large, soft tumor mass in this region 

 had grown into the pharynx, orbits, and ethmoid sinuses and destroyed the 

 roof of the nose. It had grown also through the frontal and temporal 

 bones and formed the subcutaneous tumor above the left ear and on the 

 left side of the forehead. The tumor was shown to be a sarcoma which 

 evidently had arisen in the hyperostotic frontal bone. The hypophysis 

 was surrounded, but not invaded by the tumor. It was rather large, 

 though flattened, and measured 2 cm. in length and 8 mm. in thickness. 



