Congenital Syngnathia; Turmoils and Tragedy

Congenital Syngnathia; Turmoils and Tragedy

Congenital syngnathia is an extremely rare condition with no standardized treatment. We hereby report a case highlighting the difficulties faced in its management and the postoperative complications.

An Unusual Case of Congenital Syngnathia

Congenital syngnathia is a rare anomaly characterised by the presence of soft tissue (synechia) or bony adhesions (synostosis) between the maxilla and mandible. A wide spectrum and range of severity have been documented in case reports. Primarily it manifests in the inability to open the mouth; impacting on mandibular growth, nutrition, speech and management of the airway. The bony adhesions ca...

Bilateral Maxillo-Mandibular Syngnathia in a Newborn

A 5-day-old newborn, product of non-consanguineous marriage, presented with inability to completely open oral cavity and feeding difficulty. On examination, there was a good sucking reflex and limited mouth opening (Fig. A) with retrognathia (Fig. B). Maxillary CT with 3D reconstruction revealed hypoplasia of the ascending branches of the mandible; the temporomandibular joints were normal (Fig....

Sex, death and tragedy.

The population consequences of sexual conflict are relatively unexplored. In a recent paper, Le Galliard et al. now show that males of the common lizard Lacerta vivipara cause such damage to females that male-biased populations decrease in size, posing a real risk to the persistence of local lizard populations. Their study reveals surprising parallels between sexual conflict and the tragedy of ...

Pediatric Tragedy