Correction of maxillary retrognathia in a case of craniometaphyseal dysplasia.
A Patient is reported in whom radiographs disclosed changes in the skull and long bones that were characteristic of craniometaphyseal dysplasia. Because of the deformity of the jaws (maximillary retrognathism), a horizontal osteotomy (Le Fort I procedure) was performed.
D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D006957:Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna / Q000150:complications; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000601:surgery*; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*