RESUMO

The term hemifacial microsomia refers to unilateral defects in development of structures derived from the first and second branchial arches. Recently we evaluated three unrelated children who had a similar pattern of unilateral craniofacial defects that was associated with other structural abnormalities having a disruptive vascular pathogenesis. The clinical findings in these patients suggest that one cause of hemifacial microsomia is in utero interruption of blood flow.

Assuntos

Região Branquial/irrigação sanguínea , Ossos Faciais/anormalidades , Crânio/anormalidades , Adolescente , Artérias Carótidas/anormalidades , Artérias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagem , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Microftalmia/etiologia , Radiografia , Síndrome