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Craniocervical junction malformation in a child with Oromandibular-limb hypogenesis-Möbius syndrome.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 8 Jan 2007
Al Kaissi Ali, Grill Franz, Safi Hatem, Ben Ghachem Maher, Ben Chehida Farid, Klaushofer Klaus
Abstract excerpt
We report a male child with Oromandibular-limb hypogenesis (OMLH), the main features being bilateral sixth and seventh nerve palsies, limb anomalies and hypoplasia of the tongue. Additional features were shortness of the neck associated with torticollis. Radiographs of the cervical spine were non-contributory, but 3D computed tomography (CT) scanning of this area identified: a) congenital hypoplasia of the atlas;...
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