Zygomaticotemporal synostosis: a rare cause of progressive facial asymmetry

Gary F Rogers; Arin K Greene; Albert K Oh; Caroline Robson; John B Mulliken

doi:10.1597/05-148

Zygomaticotemporal synostosis: a rare cause of progressive facial asymmetry

Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2007 Jan;44(1):106-11. doi: 10.1597/05-148.

Authors

Gary F Rogers¹, Arin K Greene, Albert K Oh, Caroline Robson, John B Mulliken

Affiliation

¹ Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 17214532
DOI: 10.1597/05-148

Abstract

Cranial synostosis is relatively common; however, premature closure of a facial suture is remarkably rare. We describe an adolescent male with zygomaticotemporal synostosis that manifested as progressive midfacial and orbital asymmetry, angulation of the cranial base, and nasal deviation. To our knowledge, this is the first description of this anomaly in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Craniosynostoses / complications*
Disease Progression
Facial Asymmetry / etiology*
Facial Asymmetry / pathology
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Male
Nose / pathology
Orbit / pathology
Skull Base / pathology
Temporal Bone / abnormalities*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Zygoma / abnormalities*