title: Description of a patient with difficult nosological classification: Goldenhar syndrome or Townes-Brocks syndrome?
abstract: The authors report a case of difficult nosological classification. The patient, a 4-year-old female shows facial asymmetry, preauricular tags, anterior displacement of the anus and rib anomalies. Some of these clinical signs are present both in the Goldenhar syndrome and in the Townes-Brocks syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonifazi
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Offidani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cellini
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Coppa
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Giorgi
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities; D001299:Audiometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*