Dysmorphology Flashcards
exam 1
medical specialty of evaluating patients with abnormal physical features
dysmorphology
true or false: dysmorphology is subjective and objective
true
reasons for genetics referral (7)
- growth problem
- development and/or neurological concerns
- structural anomalies/ dysmporhic features
- hearing loss ( 50% due to genetic etiology)
- concerning family history
- infertility. recurrent miscarriage
- abnormal genetic test results
making a diagnosis
- birth/ pregnancy history
- developmental/ behavior history
- medical history
- family history
- physical exam
- lab, radiologic findings
wide inter canthal
hypertelorism
narrow inter canthal
hyportelorism
microphtalamia
small eye
long bridge (nose)
Di George
bulbous nose
coffin-lowry
greek helmet bridge
Wolf-hirshhorn
flat philtrum
fetal alcohol syndrome
difference btween major vs minor anomalies
major affects function (and may require surgery)
minor is cosmetic
examples of major anomalies
cleft lip
congenital heart disease
microtia (small mouth)
examples of minor cosmetic
ear pits, single palmar crease, hypertelorism
top of finger is curved
clindactyly
fused fingers
syndactyly
percent of newborns with major anomaly
2-3%
percent of newborns with minor anomaly
15%
___-___% infant death & ___-___% deaths after neonatal period are attributed to major anomalies
20-30% infant death
30-50% deaths afterwards
true or false: the more minor anomalies you find, the less likely there is a major anomaly
false
____% newborns have single minor malformations, ___% of these have a major
13.4% single malformation
3% have major
____% newborns have two minor ones. ____% of these have a major
0.8% 2 minor
11% major
___% newborns have three or more w/ ___% chance of a major anomaly or intellectual disability
0.5% 3 or more minor
20% major
highest cause of birth defects
unknown at 43.2%
second and third highest cause of birth defects
multifactorial at 23%
chromosomal abnormality 10%
poor formation of tissue
malformation
unusual forces on normal tissue
deformation
breakdown of normal tissue
disruption
abnormal organization of cells in tissue
dysplasia
example of malformation
cleft lip
example of deformation
club feet
example of disruption
amniotic bands
example of dysplasia
cancer/growth
amniocentisis can cause amniotic bands from forming
yes, small risk but biggest risk is miscarriage
when does malformation usually occurs
at 8-10 weeks of fetal life
malformation is more likely to have what component?
a genetic one
when does deformation usually occurs
after 8-10 weeks of gestation
deformation examples
club foot potter's facies overlapping toes plagiocephaly (flat head) torticollis