Conditions

Abnormalities that occur in blood or lymph vessels.

Form of Craniosynostosis results from a premature fusion between the two bones of the forehead. Children with this condition tend to have a triangular or keel-shaped forehead.

Underdeveloped structures on each side of the face, usually to the same degree.

Very rare condition caused by fusion of the bones on the side and the back of the head. It results in a flattened area on the side of the synostosis; the back of the head shifts to the unaffected side; and the area near the ear (mastoid process) may bulge.

An extremely rare condition in which children have two or more of the following problems: malformations of the anus, hand deformities, external ear abnormalities, and nerve-related deafness.

Stickler syndrome is the basis for about 40 percent of infants with Robin sequence. It is a disorder of the body's collagen -- the tissue that connects the bones, heart, eyes, and ears. It generally occurs in infants with no family history of the condition.

Premature closure of the spaces between bones on one side of the head that causes a child's forehead to become flattened, an elevated and widened eye, tilting of the nose, and a slightly forward cheek on the same side.

Form of Craniosynostosis results from a premature fusion of the bones along the middle seam at the very top of the head. Children with this condition tend to have a long head that is narrowed from side to side.

Form of craniosynostis that results from a premature fusion of the bones along the middle seam at the very top of the head. Children with this condition tend to have a long head that is narrowed from side to side.

Robin sequence begins with a lower jaw that is either too small or is set back from the upper jaw. This causes the tongue to be pushed backward in the throat, where it can flop back and block the airway. Most infants with Robin sequence also have a cleft palate.