title: Imaging of orofacial clefting disorders.
abstract: This article discusses the imaging and clinical features of patients with facial clefts. Patients with facial clefts are classified according to interocular distance. Typing of facial clefts is emphasized to determine which patients need to undergo not only imaging, but also imaging of the brain, to assess associated intracranial anomalies. The genetics, treatment, and implications that these clefting disorders have on the growth of the face are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7510, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukherji
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy