Brain malformation in single median maxillary central incisor.
Clinical and radiographic examinations and MR scan of a 12-year-old girl with SMMCI (single median maxillary central incisor) showed impaired growth and a midline defect involving the central incisor, cranium and the midline structures in the brain, falx cerebri and pituitary gland. She had a severe growth hormone deficiency but no other pituitary hormone deficiencies. She was treated with growth hormone and followed during a four-year period with successful gain in body height and sexual maturation. This study focuses on the developmental association between the involved structures and provides guidelines for early diagnostics.
Kjaer
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Department of Orthodontics, Copenhagen School of Dentistry, Copenhagen, Denmark. ik@odont.ku.dk
Wagner
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Thomsen
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Holm
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007569:Jaw Abnormalities / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery