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![]() | Media file 3: Note the sock appearance of the feet with syndactyly involving the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes. The patient also has contiguous nail beds (synonychia). |
![]() | Media file 4: In this profile, turribrachycephaly, high prominent forehead, proptosis, depressed nasal bridge, short nose, and low-set ears are prominent. |
![]() | Media file 5: This radiograph demonstrates turribrachycephaly, shallow orbits, ocular hypertelorism, and hypoplastic maxilla. |
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Keywords
acrocephalosyndactyly Apert type, acrocephalosyndactyly type I, type I acrocephalosyndactyly, Apert's syndrome, typical acrocephalosyndactyly, autosomal dominant disorder, craniosynostosis, craniofacial anomalies, symmetrical syndactyly, cutaneous and bony fusion of hands and feet, Apert syndrome, craniostenosis, sleep apnea, cor pulmonale, stridor, conjunctivitis, keratitis, acrocephaly, brachycephaly, turribrachycephaly, flat occiput, down-slanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, shallow orbits, proptosis, exophthalmos, strabismus, amblyopia, optic atrophy, luxation of the eye globes, keratoconus, ectopic lentis, congenital glaucoma
crowded upper teeth, malocclusion, delayed dentition, ectopic eruption, shovel-shaped incisors, supernumerary teeth, V-shaped maxillary dental arch, bulging alveolar ridges, dentitio tarda, partial eruption, idiopathic root resorption, megalencephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, malformed limbic structures, variable ventriculomegaly, encephalocele, gyral abnormalities, hypoplastic cerebral white matter, pyramidal tract abnormalities, heterotopic gray matter, progressive hydrocephalus, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, tetralogy of Fallot, treatment, diagnosis














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