Bilateral Macrostomia Associated with Aqueductal Stenosis and Glial Heterotopias

• Published in: The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 558 - 561
• Main Authors: Pepe, Ernesto, Petricig, Paola, Peretta, Paola, Cinalli, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.09.2007; American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Aqueduct - abnormalities; Cerebral Aqueduct - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Ventricles - abnormalities; Cerebral Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord; Choristoma - diagnostic imaging; Congenital diseases; Constriction, Pathologic - complications; Deformities; Dentistry; Female; Humans; Hydrocephalus - complications; Infant, Newborn; Macrostomia - complications; Macrostomia - surgery; Male; Malformations of the nervous system; Maxillofacial surgery; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neuroglia; Neurology; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Pregnancy; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; macrostomia; hydrocephalus; aqueductal stenosis; brain malformation; glial heterotopias; vermilion flap; Nervous system diseases; Stomatology; Heterotopic; Stenosis; Bilateral; Congenital disease; Cerebral disorder; Brain malformation; Association; Treatment; Surgery; Central nervous system disease; Hydrocephaly; Flap (surgery)

We report on an Italian boy, born to normal and nonconsanguineous parents with a prenatal diagnosis of ventriculomegaly and subependymal glial heterotopias. At birth bilateral macrostomia was diagnosed without other evident facial anomalies. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed triventricular hyd...