Open AccessGOLDENHAR SYNDROME: MAXILLOFACIAL REHABILITATION
Author(s) -
Liliane Lins,
Antônio Fernando Pereira Falcão,
Onaldo Aguiar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
brazilian journal of medicine and human health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2317-3386
DOI - 10.17267/2317-3386bjmhh.v2i2.424
Subject(s) - goldenhar syndrome , medicine , surgery
Goldenhar syndrome is one of the most common congenital anomalies of the first and second branchial arches. Its main alterations affect the eye (dermoids and/or epibulbar lipodermoids), the external ear (auricular appendages, blind-ended fistulas) and the spine (hemivertebrae and vertebral fusion, among other malformations). This work presents the maxillofacial surgical correction of a 28-year-old female with Goldenhar syndrome. Literature and etiopathogenesis are also briefly reviewed.