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Syndromes of the head and neck Flashcards

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POLYOSTOTIC FIBROUS DYSPLASIA - MULTIPLE BONES AFFECTED
CAFE AU LAIT SPOTS - PATCHY SKIN PIGMENTATION
ENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES (PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IN GIRLS)
FACIAL ASYMMETRY 25% OF CASES

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Albright syndrome (McCune - Albright syndrome )

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RARE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
CRANIOSYNTOSIS - PREMATURE FUSION OF CRANIAL SUTURES
SYNDACTYLY - FUSION OF FINGERS AND TOES.
SEVERE MIDFACE RETRUSION LEADS TO EXOPHTHALMOS
EARLY SURGICAL INTERVENTION TO PREVENT BLINDNESS FROM SUBLUXATION OF THE GLOBE OF EYE

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APERT SYNDROME

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EXOMPHALOS
MACROGLOSSIA
GIGANTISM
ADRENAL AND RENAL ABNORMALITIES
HYPOGLYCEMIA 
TONGUE REDUCTION MAYBE REQUIRED
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BECKWITH - WIEDEMANN SYNDROME

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ORAL ULCERS WITH TWO OF SKIN LESIONS
UVEITIS
GENITAL ULCERS
BLISTERING OF SKIN WHEN CANNULATED
MULTISYSTEM DISEASE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL ORIGIN
TREATMENT : AZATHIOPRINE, CYCLOSPORIN, THALIDOMIDE

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BEHCET’S DISEASE

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MAXILLONASAL DYSPLASIA
MIDFACIAL RETRUSION
ABSENT OR HYPOPLASTIC FRONTAL SINUSES
NO ASSOCIATED INTELLECTUAL DEFECT

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BINDER SYNDROME

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MASSIVE CERVICAL SWELLING RESEMBLING LYMPHOMA BUT NO IDENTIFIABLE MALIGNANT CELLS
SOME VARIANTS ARE BENIGN, SOME CONSIDERED PREMALIGANT
BENIGN GIANT LYMPHNODE HYPERPLASIA - ANOTHER NAME

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CASTLEMAN SYNDROME

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DEFECTIVE NEUTROPHIL FUNCTION
ABNORMAL SKIN PIGMENTATION
INCREASED SUCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTIONS
SEVERE GINGIVITIS, PERIODONTITIS AND APTHAE IN YOUNG CHILDREN)
GENETIC
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CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME

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DYSPLASIA OR APLASIA OF THE CLAVICLE
DELAYED OSSIFICATION OF CRANIAL FONTANELLES
LARGE SHORT SKULL
SHORTNESS OF STRATURE, FRONTAL AND PARIETAL BOSSING
FAILURE TO PNEUMATISE SINUSES
HIGH ARCHED PALATE OR CLEFTING
FAILURE OF TOOTH ERUPTION & MULTIPLE SUPERNUMERARIES, DILACERATED ROOTS AND GEMINATION OF CROWNS
HYPOPLASIA OF CEMENTUM
AFFECTS MEMBRANOUS BONE

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CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSOSTOSIS (CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSPLASIA)

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CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITY - CAUSED BY DEPLETION OF SHORT ARM OF CHROMOSOME 5 RESULTING IN -
MICROCEPHALY
HYPERTELORISM
ROUND FACE WITH BROAD NASAL BRIDGE
MALFORMED EARS
ASSOCIATED LARYNGEAL HYPOPLASIA - SHRILL CRY
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

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“CRI DU CHAT” SYNDROME

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COMMONEST CRAINIOSYNTOSIS
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT - PREMATURE FUSION OF CRANIAL SUTURES
MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA CAUSES SHALLOW ORBITS AND PROPTOSIS OF THE GLOBE OF THE EYE
RADIOGRAPHICALLY - BEATEN COPPER SKULL
ENLARGING BRAIN TRAPPED IN FUSED SUTURES - CEREBRAL DAMAGE - SURGERY INDICATED TO PREVENT THIS

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CROUZON SYNDROME

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COMMONEST OF ALL MALFORMATION SYNDROMES, AFFECTING 1:1600
RISK WITH MATERNAL AGE
FACE - BRACHYCEPHALY WITH MID FACE RETRUSION
SMALL NOSE
FLATTENED NASAL BRIDGE
UPWARD FACING PALPEBRAL FISSURES - MONGOLOID SLANT
MACROGLOSSIA
DELAYED ERUPTION OF TEETH
MAJOR RELAVANT ASSOCIATION - HEART DEFECTS, ATLANTO AXIAL SUBLUXATION, ANAEMIA, INCREASED RISK OF LEUKEMIA

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DOWN SYNDROME - TRISOMY 21

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Dysphasia

Pain on chewing and turning due to elongated styloid process

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Eagle syndrome

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Inherited
Hyper-flexibility of joints 
Increased bleeding and bruising 
Hyperextensible skin.
Molecular abmormality of collagen in this disorder
Bleeding common in type IV
*Early onset periodontal disease in type VIII*
*Pulp stones maybe seen in all types *
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Ehler-Danlo’s syndrome

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Gustatory sweating
Flushing of skin
Following Trauma to the skin overlying a salivary gland or superficial parotidectomy
Due to post traumatic cross over of sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of grand to skin
Iodine starch test

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Frey syndrome

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Multiple osteomas in jaws and facial bones
Multiple polyps of large intestines 
Epidermoid cysts 
Fibromas of skin
Autosomal dominance inheritance 
X rays reveal facial osteomas 
Polyps have a tendency to have malignant change 
Worthwhile syndrome
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Gardener syndrome

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Variant of hemifacial microsomia
Microtia - small ears 
Macrostomia 
Agenesis of mandibular Ramus and condyle
Vertebral abnormalities - hemivertibrae
Epibulbar dermoids
Cardiac, renal and skeletal abnormalities can occur
May have intelectual disability
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Goldenhar syndrome

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Multiple basal cells ( epitheliomas)
Multiple jaw cysts - odontogenic keratocysts
Vertebral and rib abnormalities
Calcification of falx cerebri
Frontal bossing and mandibular prognathism
Hypertelorism, hydrocephalus and eye and endocrine abnormalities

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Gorlin- Goltz syndrome - multiple basal cell naevus syndrome

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Autoantibodies to TSH cause hyperthyroidism with ophthalmopathy
Women - 30-50 years
Exopthalmos

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Graves’ disease

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Sarcoidosis with associated lacrimal and salivary - parotid swelling, uveitis, fever
Associated neuropathies - facial palsy

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Heerfordt syndrome (uveoparotid fever)

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Prevalence - 1:5000 births
Bilateral 20% of cases
Congenital defect characterised by lack of hard and soft tissue on affected side
Usually in the ramus and external ear - first and second branch oak arches)
Wide spectrum of ear and cranial deformities

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Hemifacial microsomia

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Three broad groups of histological tissue infiltration of tumour like aggregates of macrophages (histiocytes) and eosinophils

  1. Solitary eosinophilic granuloma - males, mandible.
  2. Hand-schuller- Christian disease - multifocal eosinophilic granuloma, skull lesions, DI - younger age group.
  3. letterer-siwe disease - rapidly progressive, disseminated histocytosis, associated pancytopenia, multi system disease, fatal
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Histiocytosis - X

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Constricted pupil (miosis) 
Drooping eyelid (ptosis)
Unilateral loss of sweating (anhidrosis) on face 
Sunken eye (enophthalmos) 
Cause - interruption of sympthatetic nerve fibres at cervical ganglion 2* to bronchogenic carcinoma, invading the neck ganglion or neck trauma. High on worthwhile
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Horner syndrome

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Mucopolysaccharidosis causing growth failure and intellectual disability
Large head, frontal bossing,
Hypertelorism
Coarse features
Multiple skeletal abnormalities (dysostosis multiplex)
Corneal clouding and serum and urinary acid mucopolysaccharide abnormalities occur

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Hurler syndrome

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Hypodontia

Lack of hair, sweating and saddle nose

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Hypohydrotic ectodermal dysplasia

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Affects children <5 years 
Pyrexia 
Rash
Cervical lymphadenopathy 
Dry cracked lips 
Red eyes, fingers and toes 
Arteritis - serious complication
Rx - Immunoglobulin + aspirin in hospital
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Kawasaki disease

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Kikuchi disease
Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis
Increasing cause of lymphadenopathy
Associated - SLE And haemophagocytic syndrome

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Kikuchi syndrome

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The association of cervical vertebral fusion
Short neck 
Low lying posterior hairline 
No. of neurological anomalies 
Unilateral agenesis - frequent 
Cardiac anomalies
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Klippel-Feil anomolad

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Autosomal dominant condition > females
Cleft palate, flattened facies, multiple congenital dislocations, deformities of feet
Short stature
Larynx maybe affected

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Larsen syndrome

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Defect of purine metabolism - causes intellectual disability
Spastic cerebral palsy
Choreoathetosis
Aggressive self mutilating behaviour - particularly involving the lips

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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

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Stands for Mouth and Genital ulcers and intestinal chondritis
Variant of Behcet syndrome

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MAGIC SYNDROME

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Also known as jaw wink syndrome

Unilateral ptosis which opens (not winks) on moving the jaw to the contralateral side

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Marcus Gunn syndrome

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Autosomal dominant condition - tall thin stature and arachnodactyly (long thin spider like hands )
Prevalent among top class basketball and volleyball players
Dislocation of the lens
Dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta
Aortic regurgitation
Floppy mitral valve and high arched palate
Joint laxity is common

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Marfan syndrome

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Facial paralysis
Facial edema
Fissured tongue
Variant of the group of conditions known as orofacial granulomatosis

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Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome

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Effects endocrine glands
MEN IIb - multiple mucosal neuromas - ch histopathology
Phaechromocytoma
Medullary thyroid sarcoma
Thin wasted appearance
Index of suspicion - thin, wasted looking children and adults with lumps in mouth
Biopsy is mandatory

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Multiple endocrine neoplasia

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One of the many CLP syndromes
associated with hypodontia - especially laterals 
And supernumeraries
One finger abnormalities

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Orofacial Digital syndrome

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Palmoplantar hyperkeratosis - hyperkeratosis of palms and soles
Juvenile periodontitis - affects both dentitions
Normal dental development occurs until the appearance of hyperkeratosis of palms and soles and then aggressive gingivitis and periodontitis begin.

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Papillon- Lefevre syndrome

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Middle aged women 
Dysphagia - due to post cricoid web - a membrane on the anterior oesophageal wall which is malignant 
Microcytic hypochromic anaemia
Koilonychia (spoon shaped nails) 
Angular cheilitis
Correction may relieve symptoms
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Patterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome (Plummer Vinson syndrome)

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Autosomal dominant condition of melanotic condition of skin
Especially peri oralskin and mucosa and intestinal polyposis - no propensity to malignant change
Found in small intestine
Causes gut obstruction
Ovarian rumours associated with this condition (10% women with the condition)

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Peutz-Jehgers syndrome

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Collagen abnormality
Dwarfism and premature ageing
Disproportionately small face with mandibular retrognathia and beak like nose
Death occurs in mid teens

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Progeria

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Micrognathia and hyperplasia of mandibular angle
Exophthalmos, dwarfism
Short fingers
Osteoporosis

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Pycnodysostosis

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Lower motor neurone facial palsy with vesicles on the same side in the pharynx, external auditory canal and on the face.
Due to herpes zoster of genticulate ganglion

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Ramsay hunt syndrome

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Arthritis
Urethritis
Conjunctivitis
Frequently oral lesions resembling benign migratory glossitis but affects other parts of the mouth
Due to unwanted effect of immune response to low grade pathogen
Some believe - STD

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Reiter syndrome

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Not a head and neck syndrome
Encephalopathy and fatty degeneration - lethal
Probable association with asprin and viral illness in children - reason why asprin is CI in children

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Reye’s syndrome

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Named after Pierre robin 
Micrognathia 
Cleft palate
Glossoptosis 
Huge number of associated anomalies
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Robin sequence

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Progressive atrophy of soft tissues of face
Contralateral Jacksonian epilepsy and trigeminal neuralgia.
Rarely half of the body maybe effected
Starts In first decade - lasts 3 years before it becomes quiescent

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Romberg syndrome (hemifacial atrophy)

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Xerostomia
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca i.e. dry mouth and eyes
Increased risk of developing parotid lymphoma
Although it has serological abnormalities with systemic connective tissue disorders like RA, it does not have any sypmtomology (unlike Sjögren’s syndrome)

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Sicca syndrome (primary Sjögren’s syndrome)

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Painless facial asymmetry
Diplopia
Enophthalmos
Spontaneous collapse of maxillary sinus (and hence orbital floor which is its roof )
Associated with negative pressure - presumed to be due to failure of ventilation at the osteomeatal complex - needs to be surgically opened

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Silent sinus syndrome

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In addition to dry eyes and mouth - serology and symptomology of autoimmune condition - usually RA, Sometimes SLE, Systemic sclerosis or 1* biliary cholangitis
Actual swelling of salivary gland is uncommon
Late onset swelling of parotids may herald the presence of lymphoma

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Sjögren’s syndrome (secondary Sjögren’s syndrome)

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Severe version of erythema multiforme - a mucocutaneous condition - probably autoimmune in nature and precipitated particularly by drugs
Classical signs - target lesions, concentric red rings affecting hands and feet
Said to be present when condition is severe
Fever and multiple mucosal involvement
HSV 1 - commonest cause

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Steven Johnson’s syndrome

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Commonest syndrome associated with cleft palate
Flat Mid face, cleft palate
Myopia retinal detachment
Hearing loss
Arthropathy
30% of robin sequence patients have this condition - therefore examine eyes

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Stickler syndrome

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Port wine stain on forehead
Due to hamartomatous angina affecting upper part of face - may extend intra cranially
Maybe associated convulsions
Hemiplegia on the contralateral side of the body
Intellectual impairment

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Sturge- Weber syndrome

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Involves defects in structures derived from the first branchial arch
Inherited autosomal dominant trait
Downward sloping of palpebral fissures - antimongoloid slant)
Hypoplastic malar complexes
Mandibular retrognathia with high gonian angle, deformed pinnas, hypoplastic air sinuses , colobomas of outer eye
Middle and inner ear hypoplasia - deafness
30% - cleft palates
25% - unusual tongue like projections pointing towards cheek
Normal intellectual function - which maybe missed because they are deaf and funny looking kids

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Treacher Collins syndrome (Mandibulofacial dysostosis)

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Unilateral deafness
Pain in the mandibular division of trigeminal nerve
Ipsilateral immobility of palate
Trismus - due to invasion of lateral wall of nasopharynx by malignant tumour
Pterygopalatine fossa syndrome is a similar condition where first and second divisions of trigeminal are affected

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Trotter syndrome

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1-2% of cleft patients 
Lip pits -small sinuses to minor salivary glands 
Associated with cleft lip or palate 
Second premolars missing in 10-20%
Autosomal dominant
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Van der woude syndrome

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Multiple neurofibromas with skin pigmentation
Skeletal abnormalities
CNS involved
Predisposition of malignancies are basics of this syndrome

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Von Recklinghausen/ neurofibrimatosis/ syndrome

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