title: Treatment of hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome without extremeity anomalies.
abstract: Three cases of hypoglossia-hypodactyly syndrome without limb deformities are reported. All exhibited different degrees of tongue hypoplasia, micrognathia, retrognathia with a very narrow space between the left and right halves of the mandible, constricted isthmus, and only one lower incisor. Bone lengthening for the midline mandibular hypoplasia and orthodontic treatment were performed in the three cases with satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, and Clinics for Maxillo-Oral Disorders, Tohoku University Dental Hospital, Sendai, Japan. pla-yama@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saitou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kochi
mesh_terms: D001852:Bone Lengthening; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008865:Microstomia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009958:Orofaciodigital Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery