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In some cases, cleft palate is caused by syndromes that also cause other problems: Stickler syndrome can cause cleft lip and palate, joint pain, and myopia. [40] [41] Loeys–Dietz syndrome can cause cleft palate or bifid uvula, hypertelorism, and aortic aneurysm. [42]
Feeding problems, impaired speech, and hearing loss are symptoms of a submucous cleft palate. [4] Furthermore, approximately 15% of VWS cases with orofacial clefts, in the absence of prominent lip pits, cannot be easily distinguished from non-syndromic forms of orofacial clefting. [ 7 ]
Cleft lip may be surgically corrected. Generally surgeons repair the lip when the child is still an infant. A second surgery is sometimes necessary for cosmetic purposes when the child is older. Cleft palate may be repaired by surgery or covered by an artificial device (prosthesis) that closes or blocks the opening.
Maxillary hypoplasia is the most common secondary deformity that results from cleft lip and cleft palate. Because of the subjective nature of the diagnosis, the incidence of maxillary hypoplasia in people with cleft lip and palate varies between 15-50%. It is estimated that 25-50% of these patients require surgical intervention. [7]
The treatment plan of a facial cleft is planned right after diagnosis. This plan includes every operation needed in the first 18 years of the patients life to reconstruct the face fully. In this plan, a difference is made between problems that need to be solved to improve the health of the patient (coloboma) and problems that need to be solved ...
[1] [2] [3] The shared clinical features include moderate to severe intellectual disability and similar facial features including telecanthus, drooping eyelids, downslanting, short palpebral fissures, a prominent nasal bridge, high palate with long, smooth philtrum and an everted lower lip. Some of the patients also had feeding problems in ...
Holoprosencephaly-ectrodactyly-cleft lip/palate syndrome; Other names: Hartsfield syndrome [1] Specialty: Medical genetics: Diagnostic method: genetic testing, physical examination: Prevention: None: Prognosis: poor: Frequency: rare, about 35 cases have been described in the medical literature: Deaths: most patients are either stillborn or die ...
Drooping of the lower lip; Feeding difficulties; Hypotonia of the face; Ataxia; Hyperopia; High palate; Widespread developmental delays; Gastroesophageal reflux; Widespread hypotonia; Decreased sense of pain; Joint hypermobility; Long face; Constantly open mouth; Prognathism (pointy chin) High occurrence of respiratory tract infections; Short ...