Otodental syndrome: a case report.

Otodental syndrome: a case presentation in a 6-year old child.

BACKGROUND Otodental syndrome is a rare condition characterised by globodontia, and sensorineural high frequency hearing loss. To date, only 20 cases of otodental syndrome have been reported. CASE REPORT A 6 year-old girl presented with a chief complaint of delay in the eruption of primary canines. Following clinical, radiographic and audiologic evaluations, the patient was diagnosed with oto...

Clinical, pathological, and genetic evaluations of Chinese patient with otodental syndrome and multiple complex odontoma

Otodental syndrome is a rare autosomal-dominant disease characterized by globodontia, associated with sensorineural, high-frequency hearing loss. Here, we describe the clinical, pathological, and genetic evaluations of a 9-year-old girl with otodental syndrome and multiple complex odontoma.The patient presented with a draining sinus tract in her left cheek, globodontia, and hearing loss. The od...

Bilateral double primary molars: case report.

The finding of conjoined teeth has long been recognized: with widespread disagreement over the most appropriate descriptive term for this anomaly. Recently, Yuen et a12 contended that when the etiology was not established, the term “double tooth was more appropriate than terms such as fusion and gemination. The anomaly has been reported to occur more frequently in the primary than in the perman...

Chromosome 11q13 deletion syndrome

Chromosome 11q13 deletion syndrome has been previously reported as either otodental syndrome or oculo-oto-dental syndrome. The otodental syndrome is characterized by dental abnormalities and high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss, and by ocular coloboma in some cases. The underlying genetic defect causing otodental syndrome is a hemizygous microdeletion involving the FGF3 gene on chromosome ...

Otodental syndrome: three familial case reports.