title: Congenital bilateral fusion of the maxillomandibular alveolar processes with craniosynostosis: report of a rare case.
abstract: A rare congenital anomaly of maxillomandibular fusion with pectus excavatum and craniosynostosis in a neonate is presented. The child was kept alive by nasogastric tube feeding. A modification of classification of syngnathia is proposed. The aetiopathogenesis and difficulty in management in our environment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Surgery, Federal Medical Center, Nguru, Nigeria. mfujiks@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ajike
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Adeosun
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Adebayo
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Anyiam
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jalo
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Chom
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000473:pathology; D013580:Synostosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015050:Zygoma / Q000002:abnormalities