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Tokioka K, Nakatsuka T, Park S, Okouchi M, Aiba E. Two Cases of Tessier No. 4 Cleft with Anophthalmia. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2017; 42:448-52. [PMID: 16001929 DOI: 10.1597/04-049r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Objective Tessier no. 4 cleft is a very rare craniofacial anomaly, and the primary surgical procedure has not been definitely standardized. The cheek advancement flap, technique, which was first reported by Van der Meulen (1985), has produced cosmetically favorable results. In this report, two cases with Tessier no. 4 cleft, which were treated with the cheek advancement flap technique, are presented. Design and Patients The first case was unilateral and the second was bilateral, and both were accompanied with anophthalmia on the cleft side. At the primary operation, dissection of the nasal soft tissue, medial canthopexy, and reconstruction of the lower eyelid and conjunctival fornix were performed. Cleft lip was repaired according to the rotation-advancement procedure. Results and Conclusions Postoperative appearances were acceptable in both cases, because the resulting scars were made along the esthetic facial units. However, the soft tissue deficiency of the lower eyelid was prominent. Furthermore, in the unilateral case, caudal displacement of the palpebral fissure and cephalic deviation of the nasal ala was recognized.
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- Kazuyuki Tokioka
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
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Jayasinghe C, Gembruch U, Kuchelmeister K, Körber F, Müller AM. Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome in an 18-week-old fetus. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2012; 15:58-61. [PMID: 21675878 DOI: 10.2350/10-07-0880-cr.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome is a very rare condition initially described by Fryns and colleagues in 1995 in a pair of siblings of nonconsanguineous parents. Since that time, only a few cases have been reported, most of them in newborns and young children. Clinical presentation is variable and includes anophthalmia/microphthalmia, cleft lip/palate, and other facial deformities. Furthermore, skeletal, central nervous system, and endocrine anomalies have been described. We report the case of a male fetus of 18 weeks of gestation with normal karyotype and findings matching Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome. Pregnancy was terminated because of sonographically proven facial midline defects and a marked cerebral ventriculomegaly. Macroscopic and histological findings obtained at autopsy showed extreme bilateral microphthalmia, unilateral cleft palate, unilateral nasal deformity, and low-set ears. Skeletal anomalies included 13 pairs of ribs, premature ossification of the calcaneus, and talipes.
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Uz E, Alanay Y, Aktas D, Vargel I, Gucer S, Tuncbilek G, von Eggeling F, Yilmaz E, Deren O, Posorski N, Ozdag H, Liehr T, Balci S, Alikasifoglu M, Wollnik B, Akarsu NA. Disruption of ALX1 causes extreme microphthalmia and severe facial clefting: expanding the spectrum of autosomal-recessive ALX-related frontonasal dysplasia. Am J Hum Genet 2010; 86:789-96. [PMID: 20451171 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2010] [Revised: 04/05/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We present an autosomal-recessive frontonasal dysplasia (FND) characterized by bilateral extreme microphthalmia, bilateral oblique facial cleft, complete cleft palate, hypertelorism, wide nasal bridge with hypoplasia of the ala nasi, and low-set, posteriorly rotated ears in two distinct families. Using Affymetrix 250K SNP array genotyping and homozygosity mapping, we mapped this clinical entity to chromosome 12q21. In one of the families, three siblings were affected, and CNV analysis of the critical region showed a homozygous 3.7 Mb deletion containing the ALX1 (CART1) gene, which encodes the aristaless-like homeobox 1 transcription factor. In the second family we identified a homozygous donor-splice-site mutation (c.531+1G > A) in the ALX1 gene, providing evidence that complete loss of function of ALX1 protein causes severe disruption of early craniofacial development. Unlike loss of its murine ortholog, loss of human ALX1 does not result in neural-tube defects; however, it does severely affect the orchestrated fusion between frontonasal, nasomedial, nasolateral, and maxillary processes during early-stage embryogenesis. This study further expands the spectrum of the recently recognized autosomal-recessive ALX-related FND phenotype in humans.
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- Elif Uz
- Gene Mapping Laboratory, Department of Medical Genetics, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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Chen CP. Syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors associated with neural tube defects (VII). Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 47:276-82. [PMID: 18935989 DOI: 10.1016/s1028-4559(08)60124-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Neural tube defects (NTDs) may be associated with syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors. This article provides a comprehensive review of the syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors associated with NTDs, including DK phocomelia syndrome (von Voss-Cherstvoy syndrome), Siegel-Bartlet syndrome, fetal warfarin syndrome, craniotelencephalic dysplasia, Czeizel-Losonci syndrome, maternal cocaine abuse, Weissenbacher- Zweymller syndrome, parietal foramina (cranium bifidum), Apert syndrome, craniomicromelic syndrome, XXagonadism with multiple dysraphic lesions including omphalocele and NTDs, Fryns microphthalmia syndrome, Gershoni-Baruch syndrome, PHAVER syndrome, periconceptional vitamin B6 deficiency, and autosomal dominant Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital cephalocele. NTDs associated with these syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors are a rare but important cause of NTDs. The recurrence risk and the preventive effect of maternal folic acid intake in NTDs associated with syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors may be different from those of nonsyndromic multifactorial NTDs. Perinatal diagnosis of NTDs should alert doctors to the syndromes, disorders and maternal risk factors associated with NTDs, and prompt thorough etiologic investigation and genetic counseling.
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- Chih-Ping Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Ozçelik D, Sağlam I, SIlan F, Sezen G, Unveren T. Anophthalmia, cleft lip/palate, absent vomer bone, nystagmus, and mental-motor retardation: a new syndrome or Fryns "anophthalmia-plus" syndrome? Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2007; 45:256-60. [PMID: 18452356 DOI: 10.1597/06-249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We report that a 4-year-old boy presented with right unilateral complete cleft lip and palate, right anophthalmos, left congenital nystagmus, absence of the vomer bone, mental-motor retardation, and normal lymphocyte karyotype (46, XY). METHODS For reconstruction of the deformities, we performed cleft lip repair by Millard's rotation-advancement technique and planned cleft palate repair. CONCLUSIONS This combination of cleft lip and palate, anophthalmos, congenital nystagmus, absent vomer bone, and mental-motor retardation has not, to our knowledge, previously been described. We suggest that this represents either another case of the rare Fryns "anophthalmia-plus" syndrome or a new syndrome.
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- Derya Ozçelik
- Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Düzce University, Düzce Medical Faculty, Düzce, Turkey.
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Makhoul IR, Soudack M, Kochavi O, Guilburd JN, Maimon S, Gershoni-Baruch R. Anophthalmia-plus syndrome: a clinical report and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A 2007; 143A:64-8. [PMID: 17152069 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We describe a term male infant of healthy non-consanguineous parents, born with congenital malformations, including bilateral cleft palate and lip, mild microphthalmia with iris coloboma and glaucoma of the right eye, and blepharophimosis with severe microphthalmia of the left eye. Spine radiograph and MRI showed first sacral hemivertebra with spina bifida, and agenesis of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th sacral vertebrae and coccyx. Spine MRI showed caudal tethering of spinal cord at L(3) level, filum terminalis lipoma and a syringomyelia. Brain ultrasound and MRI showed hypoplasia of corpus callosum with mild dilatation of the lateral ventricles. Orbital MRI showed bilateral microphthalmia-distorted small left eyeball with posteriorly located lens, and a split vitreous body in the right eye, suggestive of primary hyperplastic vitreous. The karyotype was normal. Summary of the findings in nine cases (our case and eight published cases) support the notion that anophthalmia-plus syndrome (APS) is a distinct syndrome. Gene locus of APS is yet to be identified.
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- Imad R Makhoul
- Department of Neonatology, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, and the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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Weingaertner J, Fanghaenel J, Bienengraeber V, Gundlach KKH. Initial findings on teratological and developmental relationships and differences between neural tube defects and facial clefting. First experimental results. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005; 33:297-300. [PMID: 16129613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Unless genetically caused, the occurrence of neural tube defects and clefts of the lip, alveolus and palate are not associated. These malformations do, however, share some common causes, one of which is folic acid deficiency. Nevertheless, it is not known why a neural tube defect resulting from folic acid deficiency does not occur in combination with facial clefts. Based on animal experiments and a review of the literature, it is assumed that other factors--such as vitamin B6 deficiency--though clinically not diagnosed, can more often cause malformations.
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- Jens Weingaertner
- Institute of Anatomy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany.
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Wiltshire E, Moore M, Casey T, Smith G, Smith S, Thompson E. Fryns "Anophthalmia-Plus" syndrome associated with developmental regression. Clin Dysmorphol 2003; 12:41-3. [PMID: 12514364 DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200301000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report a boy with a nasal deformity, choanal atresia, bifid uvula, severe bilateral microphthalmia and a facial cleft who showed regression of development at the age of 2 years with subsequent improvement. We suggest he represents a further case of the rare Fryns "Anophthalmia-Plus" syndrome.
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- Esko Wiltshire
- South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, Women and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia
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Rauchman M, Hoffman WH, Hanna JD, Kulharya AS, Figueroa RE, Yang J, Tuck-Miller CM. Exclusion of SIX6 hemizygosity in a child with anophthalmia, panhypopituitarism and renal failure. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2001; 104:31-6. [PMID: 11746024 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report a patient who presented with anophthalmia, panhypopituitarism, early onset of end stage renal failure, and craniofacial abnormalities. MRI at age 3 revealed that the pituitary was absent and renal biopsy demonstrated nephronophthisis as the cause of the renal failure. A similar syndrome has been associated with interstitial deletions of chromosome 14q22 and in one case hemizygosity for SIX6 was demonstrated. The patient reported here had a normal karyotype and Southern blot did not reveal loss of one copy of SIX6. We discuss other possible candidate genes that could be implicated in this syndrome.
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- M Rauchman
- Renal Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Christensen B, Blaas HG, Isaksen CV, Roald B, Orstavik KH. Sibs with anencephaly, anophthalmia, clefts, omphalocele, and polydactyly: hydrolethalus or acrocallosal syndrome? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2000; 91:231-4. [PMID: 10756349 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000320)91:3<231::aid-ajmg15>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Major characteristics of the acrocallosal syndrome include severe mental retardation, agenesis or hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, and polydactyly of fingers and toes. In the past few years, anencephaly has also been noted, together with other midline defects. We report on a nonconsanguineous, Norwegian couple with a history of two pregnancies with a male and a female fetus, respectively, with anencephaly, median cleft lip and palate, omphalocele, and preaxial polydactyly, suggesting the diagnosis of the acrocallosal syndrome. Both fetuses also lacked eyes and nose, a finding not previously reported in the acrocallosal syndrome. Microphthalmia has been reported in the hydrolethalus syndrome, which may be caused by mutations in the same gene as the acrocallosal syndrome. The present report adds support to the hypothesis that the acrocallosal and hydrolethalus syndromes may be allelic conditions. The family history is consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.
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- B Christensen
- Department of Medical Genetics, Ullevâl University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Warburg M, Jensen H, Prause JU, Bolund S, Skovby F, Miranda MJ. Anophthalmia-microphthalmia-oblique clefting syndrome: confirmation of the Fryns anophthalmia syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1997; 73:36-40. [PMID: 9375920 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19971128)73:1<36::aid-ajmg8>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We describe a patient with bilateral extreme microphthalmia with bilateral congenital glaucoma, bilateral medial oblique facial cleft ending in lid colobomas, bilateral stenosis of the choanae, bifid uvula, frontal encephalocele, and premature craniosynostosis. The cause is unknown, but the phenotype resembles the Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome, which may be a recessive trait, although intrauterine environmental factors cannot be excluded.
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- M Warburg
- Department of Ophthalmology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Angle B, Hersh JH. Anophthalmia, intracerebral cysts, and cleft lip/palate: expansion of the phenotype in oculocerebrocutaneous syndrome? AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1997; 68:39-42. [PMID: 8986273 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970110)68:1<39::aid-ajmg7>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We report on a patient with multiple congenital anomalies including anophthalmia, cleft lip and palate, and central nervous system anomalies similar to the case reported by Leichtman et al. [1994: Am J Med Genet 50:39-41] and to oculocerebrocutaneous (Delleman) syndrome. Although the two cases and those with oculocerebrocutaneous syndrome may represent separate but overlapping entities, our patient and the case described by Leichtman et al. [1994: Am J Med Genet 50:39-41] may represent a more severe form of oculocerebrocutaneous syndrome.
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- B Angle
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
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