Frontofacionasal Dysplasia

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Synonyms

Facio-Fronto-Nasal Dysplasia
Frontofacionasal Dysostosis
Nasal-fronto-faciodysplasia
Cleft Lip-Palate, Blepharophimosis, Lagophthalmos, and Hypertelorism

Disorder Subdivisions

None

General Discussion

Frontofacionasal dysplasia is a rare genetic disorder that is apparent at birth (congenital). The disorder is primarily characterized by malformations of the head and facial (craniofacial) area and eye (ocular) defects. Craniofacial malformations may include an unusually short, broad head (brachycephaly); incomplete closure of the roof of the mouth (cleft palate); an abnormal groove in the upper lip (cleft lip); and underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the nose with malformation of the nostrils. Affected infants may also have abnormal narrowing of the folds (palpebral fissures) between the upper and lower eyelids (blepharophimosis) and an unusually increased distance between the eyes (ocular hypertelorism). Additional eye abnormalities may include partial absence of tissue (coloboma) from the upper eyelids or the colored regions of the eyes (irides) and an inability to completely close the eyes (lagophthalmos). Frontofacionasal dysplasia appears to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

Resources

Children's Craniofacial Association
13140 Coit Road
Suite 517
Dallas, TX 75240
USA
Tel: (214)570-9099
Fax: (214)570-8811
Tel: (800)535-3643
Email: csmith@ccakids.com
Internet: http://www.ccakids.com

FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
P.O. Box 11082
Chattanooga, TN 37401
Tel: (423)266-1632
Fax: (423)267-3124
Tel: (800)332-2373
Email: faces@faces-cranio.org
Internet: http://www.faces-cranio.org

Forward Face, Inc.
317 East 34th Street
Room 901
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212)684-5860
Fax: (212)684-5864
Tel: (800)393-3223
Email: info@forwardface.org
Internet: http://www.forwardface.org

AmeriFace
PO Box 751112
Las Vegas, NV 89136
USA
Tel: (702)769-9264
Fax: (702)341-5351
Tel: (888)486-1209
Email: info@ameriface.org
Internet: http://www.ameriface.org

Cleft Palate Foundation
1504 East Franklin Street
Suite 102
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2820
USA
Tel: (919)933-9044
Fax: (919)933-9604
Tel: (800)242-5338
Email: info@cleftline.org
Internet: http://www.cleftline.org

Prescription Parents
Prescription Parent, Inc.
P.O. Box 920554
Needham, MA 02492
USA
Tel: (617)499-1936
Email: info@prescriptionparents.org
Internet: http://www.prescriptionparents.com

National Craniofacial Foundation
3100 Carlisle Street
Suite 215
Dallas, TX 75204
Tel: (800)535-3643

Society for the Rehabilitation of the Facially Disfigured, Inc.
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212)340-5400

Wide Smiles
P.O. Box 5153
Stockton, CA 95205-0153
USA
Tel: (209)942-2812
Fax: (209)464-1497
Email: JoSmiles@yahoo.com
Internet: http://www.widesmiles.org

MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
USA
Tel: (920)336-5333
Fax: (920)339-0995
Tel: (877)336-5333
Email: mums@netnet.net
Internet: http://www.netnet.net/mums/

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Last Updated: 4/8/2008
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