title: Congenital bilateral zygomatico-mandibular fusion with mandibular hypoplasia.
abstract: We report a very rare case of congenital bilateral zygomatico-mandibular fusion with mandibular hypoplasia. Soon after birth, the patient underwent tracheotomy because of upper airway obstruction. At the age of one and a half years, reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint and lengthening of the ramus with a costochondral graft were performed. Only a few cases of congenital bony syngnathia revealed in this case have been described in the literature.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kamata
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Satoh
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Uemura
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Onizuka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015050:Zygoma / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery