Condition Descriptions
For an alphabetical listing of all conditions, please click on the conditions Index tab.
Cleft Lip
Cleft lip is an opening in the skin and muscle between the nose and upper lip; often the gum ridge is also involved.
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Related Conditions:
- Unilateral
- Bilateral
- Complete
- Incomplete
Cleft Palate
A cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth.
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Related Conditions:
- Soft palate
- Hard palate
Robin Sequence and Associated Syndromes
Robin sequence [spoken with a French pronunciation 'Row-BAN' previously known as Pierre Robin syndrome] begins with a lower jaw that is either too small (micrognathia) or is set back from the upper jaw (retrognathia ).
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Related Conditions:
Deformational Robin sequence
Syndromic Robin sequence
- Stickler syndrome
- Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS, Shprintzen)
- DiGeorge sequence
Deformational Plagiocephaly
This is a condition in which a baby's head becomes flat on one side.
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Related Conditions:
- DFP, Deformational frontal plagiocephaly
- DPP, Deformational posterior plagiocephaly
Möbius Syndrome
Möbius syndrome begins early in the development of the nervous system.
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Craniosynostosis
Craniosynostosis is the term for a group of conditions in which a baby's head develops abnormally because the seams between the bones close prematurely.
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Related Conditions:
Single suture
- Scaphocephaly (Sagital synostosis)
- Trigonocephaly (Metopic synostosis)
- Synostic Frontal Plagiocephaly (Unilateral coronal synostosis)
- Synostic Posterior Plagiocephaly (Lamboid synostosis)
Multiple suture
- Apert syndrome
- Crouzon syndrome
- Pfeiffer syndrome
- Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
- Carpenter syndrome
Vascular Anomalies
Vascular anomalies (abnormalities) occur in blood or lymph vessels. There are two major types: hemangiomas and vascular malformations.
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Related Conditions:
Hemangiomas
Vascular Malformations
- Capillary malformation (CM)
- Lymphatic malformation (LM)
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Venous malformation (VM)
- Combined vascular malformation
