Frontonasal Dysplasia

Frontonasal dysplasia is a developmental field defect of cran- f. Ocular anomalies iofacial region characterized by and varying i. Hypertelorism degrees of median nasal clefting. In 1967, DeMeyer first ii. Epicanthal folds described the malformation complex ‘median cleft face syn- iii. Narrowing of the palpebral fissures drome’ to emphasize the key midface defects. Since then several iv. Accessory nasal eyelid tissue with secondary terms have been introduced: frontonasal dysplasia, fron- displacement of inferior puncti colobomas tonasal syndrome, frontonasal dysostosis, and craniofrontonasal v. Epibulbar dermoids dysplasia. vi. Upper eyelid colobomas vii. Microphthalmia GENETICS/BASIC DEFECTS viii. Vitreoretinal degeneration with retinal detachment ix. Congenital cataracts 1. Inheritance g. Facial anomalies a. Sporadic in most cases i. Widow’s peak configuration of the anterior hair- b. Rare autosomal dominant inheritance with variable line in the forehead expression ii. Median cleft of upper lip c. Rare autosomal recessive inheritance iii. Median cleft palate d. Rare X-linked dominant inheritance iv. Preauricular tag 2. Rare association with chromosome anomalies v. Absent tragus a. Partial trisomy 2q and partial monosomy 7q from a vi. Low-set ears balanced maternal t(2;7)(q31;q36) h. Other anomalies b. 22q11 microdeletion i. Conductive deafness c. Reciprocal translocation t(15;22)(q22;q13) ii. Hypoplastic frontal sinuses d. Complex translocation involving chromosomes 3, 7, iii. Cardiac anomalies, especially teratology of and 11 Fallot 3. Rare variants of frontonasal dysplasia/malformation with iv. Limb anomalies variable inheritance patterns a) 4. Embryologically classified as a developmental field b) defect c) 5. Extreme variable phenotypic expression d) Tibial hypoplasia v. Umbilical hernia vi. Cryptorchidism CLINICAL FEATURES 2. Other syndromes associated with frontonasal dysplasia or 1. Pure frontonasal dysplasia frontonasal malformation a. Variable mental retardation a. Autosomal dominant form of frontonasal dysplasia b. Inheritance pattern with vertebral anomalies i. Sporadic in majority of cases b. Acromelic frontonasal dysplasia ii. Familial transmission in few cases i. Autosomal recessive disorder c. Cranium bifidum occultum ii. Similar frontonasal “dysplasia” d. CNS anomalies iii. Rare agenesis of the corpus callosum i. Frontal cephalocele iv. Tibial hypoplasia ii. Meningocele/meningoencephalocele v. Polydactyly (duplicated hallux) iii. Agenesis of the corpus callosum c. Craniofrontonasal dysplasia iv. Mild i. Possible X-linked disorder v. Hydrocephalus ii. Rare mental retardation e. Nasal anomalies iii. Hypertelorism i. Mild colobomas of the nostril iv. ii. Flattening of the nose with widely separated v. Facial asymmetry nares vi. Broad nasal root iii. A broad nasal root vii. Bifid nasal tip iv. Broad nasal tip viii. Syndactyly of toes and fingers v. Notching or clefting of alae nasi (cleft nose) ix. Split nails vi. Nasal tag x. Broad first toe

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d. Acrocallosal syndrome 3. Prognosis depending on severity of defects i. Autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive disorder a. Normal intelligence in most patients ii. Severe mental retardation b. Mental retardation affecting 12% of cases without iii. Hypertelorism CNS abnormalities iv. Hypoplastic or absent corpus callosum c. Up to 50% of cases with mental retardation compli- v. Prominent forehead cated by agenesis of the corpus callosum vi. Small nose vii. Broad nasal bridge DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATIONS viii. Normal nasal tip ix. Cardiac defects 1. Radiography, CT, MRI of the brain x. Post-axial polydactyly of hands and feet a. Anterior cranium bifidum xi. Pre-axial polydactyly of feet b. Agenesis of the corpus callosum xii. Syndactyly of toes c. Lipoma of the corpus callosum xiii. Clinodactyly d. Arhinencephaly e. Oral-facial-digital syndrome e. Hydrocephalus i. X-linked disorder 2. Chromosome analysis for chromosome etiology ii. Variable mental retardation iii. Agenesis of the corpus callosum GENETIC COUNSELING iv. Median cleft lip and palate 1. Recurrence risk v. Lobated/bifid tongue a. Patient’s sib vi. Clinodactyly i. Autosomal dominant disorder: not increased in vii. Syndactyly de novo case unless a parent is affected viii. Polydactyly ii. Autosomal recessive disorder: 25% f. Oculo-auriculo-frontonasal dysplasia iii. X-linked dominant disorder: 50% when the i. Frontonasal dysplasia mother is a carrier ii. Ocular dermoids iv. Chromosome disorder: not increased in a de iii. Eyelid colobomata novo case; risk of unbalanced segregation from a iv. Preauricular tags carrier parent g. Fronto-facio-nasal dysplasia b. Patient’s offspring i. Autosomal recessive disorder i. Autosomal dominant disorder: 50% ii. Frontonasal dysplasia ii. Autosomal recessive disorder: not increased iii. Ocular dermoids unless the spouse is a carrier iv. Preauricular tags iii. X-linked dominant disorder: 50% v. Cerebral lipoma iv. Chromosome disorder: not surviving to repro- h. Acro-fronto-facio-nasal dysplasia I ductive age i. Macrostomia 2. Prenatal diagnosis ii. Broad and notched nasal tip a. Ultrasonography iii. Fibular hypoplasia i. Hypertelorism iv. Short stature ii. Frontonasal cephalocele i. Acro-fronto-facio-nasal dysplasia II iii. Agenesis of the corpus callosum i. Autosomal recessive disorder iv. Median cleft lip ii. Frontonasal dysplasia b. Amniocentesis for associated chromosome anomaly iii. Microcephaly 3. Management iv. Nasal midline groove with blind dimples a. Speech therapy v. Broad thumbs b. Maxillofacial surgeries for functional and cosmetic vi. Syndactyly improvement j. Greig acrocephalopolysyndactyly i. Cleft lip/palate i. Autosomal dominant disorder ii. Hypertelorism ii. Mild mental retardation iii. Nose iii. Mild features of frontonasal dysplasia c. Psychosocial and/or psychiatric support iv. v. Broad nasal root REFERENCES vi. Normal nasal tip Chen H, Rightmire D, Fowler M, et al.: Frontonasal malformation and dup(2q) vii. Post-axial polydactyly of hands syndrome. Am J Med Genet (Suppl 4):191–192, 1988. viii. Pre-axial polysyndactyly of feet Chen H, Rightmire D, Zapata C, et al.: Frontonasal dysplasia and arrhinen- ix. Broad thumbs and halluces cephaly resulting from unbalanced segregation of a maternal t(2;7) x. Syndactyly (q31;q36). Dysmorphol Clin Genet 6:99–106, 1992. k. Frontonasal dysplasia-cardiac defects Chervenak FA, Tortora M, Mayden K, et al.: Antenatal diagnosis of median cleft syndrome: sonographic demonstration of cleft lip and hypertelorism. i. Frontonasal dysplasia Am J Obstet Gynecol 149:94–97, 1984. ii. Microcephaly Cohen MM Jr: Craniofrontonasal dysplasia. Birth Defects Original Article iii. Cardiac defects, especially tetralogy of Fallot Series XV(5B):85–89, 1979. FRONTONASAL DYSPLASIA 433

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Fig. 1. A newborn with frontonasal dysplasia showing ocular hyper- telorism, cephalocele, hydrocephalus, and cranium bifidum. FRONTONASAL DYSPLASIA 435

Fig. 3. A mother and a child with frontonasal dysplasia showing hypertelorism and broad and notched nasal tip.

Fig. 2. A newborn with frontonasal dysplasia and arrhinencephaly resulting from unbalanced segregation of a maternal t(2;7)(q31;q36). The patient had partial trisomy 2q and partial monosomy 7q, iris coloboma, tetralogy of Fallot, and limb anomalies.