Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science 5:3 May - June (2015) 85 – 91. Contents lists available at www.innovativejournal.in INNOVATIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE Journal homepage:http://innovativejournal.in/ijmhs/index.php/ijmhs A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON RECOGNIZABLE SYNDROMES ASSOCIATED WITH CRANIOFACIAL CLEFTS Betty Anna Jose*1, Subramani S A2, Varsha Mokhasi3, Shashirekha M3 *1Anatomy department, 2 Plastic surgery, 3Anatomy department, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Corresponding Author: Objective: There are about 300 to 600 syndromes associated with clefts in Betty Anna Jose the craniofacial region. The cleft lip, cleft palate and cleft lip palate are the Anatomy department, most common clefts seen in the craniofacial region. Sometimes these clefts Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences are associated with other anomalies which are known as syndromic clefts. & Research Centre, Bangalore, The objective of this study is to identify the syndromes associated with the Karnataka. clefts in the craniofacial region. Materials & methods: This retrospective
[email protected] study consists of 270 cases of clefts in the craniofacial region. The detailed case history including the maternal history, antenatal, natal, perinatal Key words: Syndrome, Clefts, history and family history were taken from the patients and their parents. Anomalies, Craniofacial Region, Based on the clinical examination, radiological findings and genetic analysis Malformation the different syndromes were identified. Results: 18 syndromic clefts were identified which belong to 10 different syndromes. It shows 6.67% of clefts are syndromic and remaining are nonsyndromic clefts. Conclusion: Median cleft face syndrome, Van der woude syndrome and Pierre Robin sequence are the common syndromes associated with the clefts in the craniofacial DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.15520/ijm region.