Prenatal diagnosis of congenital syngnathia by 3D ultrasound and pathological correlation.
Congenital syngnathia is a maxillomandibular fusion, and it can vary in severity from single mucosal bands (synechiae) to complete bony fusion (synostosis). Cases of combinations of bony or soft tissue adhesions between the mandible and maxilla with cleft of the lip or palate, aglossia, popliteal pterygium, and van der Woude syndrome have been reported. It is a very rare condition, with only one case report of prenatal diagnosis using two-dimensional ultrasound in the literature. We present the first case of prenatal diagnosis of congenital syngnathia by three-dimensional ultrasound and the postnatal pathology correlation.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Guilherme de Castro
Gde C
Rezende
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Alamanda Kfoury
AK
Pereira
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.|Fellow CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Process # BEX 3105/10-5, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Zilma Silveira Nogueira
ZS
Reis
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Aluana Rezende
AR
Parola
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Fernando Macedo
FM
Bastos
Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Carlos Weber, 956, Apto. 113 Visage, Vila Leopoldina, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05303-000, Brazil. araujojred@terra.com.br.
Edward
E
Araujo Júnior
Department of Obstetrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Carlos Weber, 956, Apto. 113 Visage, Vila Leopoldina, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05303-000, Brazil.
Luciano Marcondes Machado
LM
Nardozza
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fetal Medicine Center, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Antonio Carlos Vieira
AC
Cabral
Pathology; Prenatal diagnosis; Syngnathia; Three-dimensional ultrasound