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Posterior pharyngeal cleft

MedGen UID:
336332
Concept ID:
C1848389
Finding
HPO: HP:0006783

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X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome
MedGen UID:
424842
Concept ID:
C2936904
Disease or Syndrome
X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome (X-OS) is a multiple-congenital-anomaly disorder characterized by facial anomalies (hypertelorism, prominent forehead, widow's peak, broad nasal bridge, anteverted nares), genitourinary abnormalities (hypospadias, cryptorchidism, and hypoplastic/bifid scrotum), and laryngotracheoesophageal defects. Developmental delay and intellectual disability are observed in about 50% of affected males. Cleft lip and/or palate are present in approximately 50% of affected individuals. Other malformations (present in <50% of individuals) include congenital heart defects, imperforate or ectopic anus, and midline brain defects (Dandy-Walker malformation and agenesis or hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and/or cerebellar vermis). Wide clinical variability occurs even among members of the same family. Female heterozygotes usually manifest hypertelorism only.

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PubMed

Khafagy AG, Kassamy H, Mohamed AA
Auris Nasus Larynx 2021 Jun;48(3):428-433. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2020.09.016. PMID: 33067051
Naran S, Ford M, Losee JE
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Jun;139(6):1343e-1355e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003335. PMID: 28538580
Bishop A, Hong P, Bezuhly M
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2014 Jan;67(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.09.021. PMID: 24090720

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Leclerc JE, Gilbert F, McConnell ÉM, Beaudoin E, Bouchard J, Simonyan D
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2021 Nov;58(11):1348-1360. Epub 2021 Feb 25 doi: 10.1177/1055665620987684. PMID: 33631972
Nigh E, Rubio GA, Hillam J, Armstrong M, Debs L, Thaller SR
J Craniofac Surg 2017 Jul;28(5):1248-1254. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003702. PMID: 28582294
Naran S, Ford M, Losee JE
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Jun;139(6):1343e-1355e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003335. PMID: 28538580
Metzler P, Low DW, Mundinger GS, Steinbacher DM
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Apr;72(4):803.e1-6. Epub 2013 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.11.027. PMID: 24468019
Monkhouse WS
Ear Nose Throat J 1990 Oct;69(10):677-83, 686-7. PMID: 2286163

Diagnosis

Jefferson ND, Willging JP
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 Aug 1;29(4):283-288. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000735. PMID: 34183557
Oren L, Kummer A, Boyce S
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2020 Jan;57(1):123-126. Epub 2019 Jul 1 doi: 10.1177/1055665619858873. PMID: 31262198Free PMC Article
Naran S, Ford M, Losee JE
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Jun;139(6):1343e-1355e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003335. PMID: 28538580
Bishop A, Hong P, Bezuhly M
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2014 Jan;67(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.09.021. PMID: 24090720
Perry JL
Semin Speech Lang 2011 May;32(2):83-92. Epub 2011 Sep 26 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1277712. PMID: 21948636

Therapy

Denadai R, Sabbag A, Vieira PR, Raposo-Amaral CA, Buzzo CL, Raposo-Amaral CE
J Craniofac Surg 2020 Jan/Feb;31(1):41-45. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005802. PMID: 31369510
Denadai R, Raposo-Amaral CA, Sabbag A, Vieira PR, Buzzo CL, Raposo-Amaral CE
Ann Plast Surg 2019 Aug;83(2):172-179. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001930. PMID: 31295169
Wan T, Wang G, Yang Y, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Liang Y, Wu Y
J Craniofac Surg 2017 May;28(3):600-603. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003358. PMID: 28060087
Bishop A, Hong P, Bezuhly M
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2014 Jan;67(1):1-8. Epub 2013 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.09.021. PMID: 24090720
Sloan GM
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2000 Mar;37(2):112-22. doi: 10.1597/1545-1569_2000_037_0112_ppfasp_2.3.co_2. PMID: 10749049

Prognosis

Leclerc JE, Gilbert F, McConnell ÉM, Beaudoin E, Bouchard J, Simonyan D
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2021 Nov;58(11):1348-1360. Epub 2021 Feb 25 doi: 10.1177/1055665620987684. PMID: 33631972
Nigh E, Rubio GA, Hillam J, Armstrong M, Debs L, Thaller SR
J Craniofac Surg 2017 Jul;28(5):1248-1254. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003702. PMID: 28582294
Naran S, Ford M, Losee JE
Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 Jun;139(6):1343e-1355e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003335. PMID: 28538580
Khan K, Dobbs T, Swan MC, Weinstein GS, Goodacre TE
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2016 Jan;69(1):97-100. Epub 2015 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.08.020. PMID: 26409954
Metzler P, Low DW, Mundinger GS, Steinbacher DM
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Apr;72(4):803.e1-6. Epub 2013 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.11.027. PMID: 24468019

Clinical prediction guides

Zhao J, Ma H, Wang Y, Song T, Wu D, Yin N
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2023 Mar;60(3):319-326. Epub 2021 Nov 23 doi: 10.1177/10556656211063109. PMID: 34812076
Amer A, Saqr AM, Zayed AM, El-Kotb M, Elsobki A
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Sep;279(9):4605-4615. Epub 2022 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07406-7. PMID: 35527305Free PMC Article
Kobayashi S, Mizuno Y, Suzuki M, Yasumura K, Hirakawa T, Fukawa T, Yabuki Y, Satake T, Maegawa J
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Jun;75(6):e1-e6. Epub 2022 Jan 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.01.008. PMID: 35140042
Leclerc JE, Gilbert F, McConnell ÉM, Beaudoin E, Bouchard J, Simonyan D
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2021 Nov;58(11):1348-1360. Epub 2021 Feb 25 doi: 10.1177/1055665620987684. PMID: 33631972
Pupić-Bakrač J, Skitarelić N, Pupić-Bakrač A, Baraka I, Srzentić M, Novaković J, Terkeš V
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021 Jul;278(7):2593-2601. Epub 2021 Jan 11 doi: 10.1007/s00405-020-06551-1. PMID: 33427915

Recent systematic reviews

Mirsky NA, Slavin BV, Sheinberg DS, Stauber ZM, Parra M, Vivekanand Nayak V, Witek L, Coelho PG, Thaller SR
Ann Plast Surg 2024 Jul 1;93(1):115-123. Epub 2024 May 22 doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003971. PMID: 38775371
Camargo Y, Kellogg B, Kollara L
J Craniofac Surg 2023 Oct 1;34(7):1994-1998. Epub 2023 Jul 11 doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009531. PMID: 37431935
de Blacam C, Smith S, Orr D
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2018 Mar;55(3):405-422. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1177/1055665617735102. PMID: 29437504
Nigh E, Rubio GA, Hillam J, Armstrong M, Debs L, Thaller SR
J Craniofac Surg 2017 Jul;28(5):1248-1254. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000003702. PMID: 28582294

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