Syngnathia and Van der Woude syndrome: a case report and literature review.
OBJECTIVE
Syngnathia is a rare anomaly involving soft tissue or bony adhesions between the maxilla and mandible. We review the literature and present a case of syngnathia associated with Van der Woude syndrome. Syngnathia can have very different etiologies, but this has rarely been reported in Van der Woude syndrome. Treatment of this condition is rarely discussed in the literature because of a paucity of case reports.


RESULTS
Oral adhesion (syngnathia) in our patient was caused by a mandibular to maxillary fibrous band. Surgical treatment was successful. Clinical implications and review of literature for the treatment of this rare association of syngnathia and Van der Woude syndrome are discussed.
Puvabanditsin
Surasak
S
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA. surasak1@aol.com
Garrow
Eugene
E
Sitburana
Orawan
O
Avila
Filipe M
FM
Nabong
Marcelo Y
MY
Biswas
Anjali
A
D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D013577:Syndrome; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000151:congenital