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Identical twins with Pierre Robin syndrome; unusual encounter

New born babies could suffer from multiple craniofacial abnormalities, such as Pierre Robin syndrome, which consists of micrognathia and relative macroglossia with or without cleft palate. Although Pierre Robin syndrome is well described in literature, only a few have mentioned its occurrence in ide...

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Autores principales: Shdaifat, Nabil, al-Zoubi, Zaid, Khraisat, Hazem, Al-Omor, Rana, Matar, Khaled
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Electronic physician 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713498
http://dx.doi.org/10.19082/4296
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Sumario:New born babies could suffer from multiple craniofacial abnormalities, such as Pierre Robin syndrome, which consists of micrognathia and relative macroglossia with or without cleft palate. Although Pierre Robin syndrome is well described in literature, only a few have mentioned its occurrence in identical twins. This paper presents a rare incident of full-term twin babies born with the sequence of Pierre Robin syndrome, which consists of micrognathia, cleft palate, and glossoptosis. Although it is a rare coincidence, Pierre Robin syndrome still can occur in identical twin babies. The treatment is a step-by-step approach, but all procedures are mainly directed to widening the pharyngeal space.