Craniofacial Abnormalities

Malocclusioni in età pediatrica

Ravaglia A, Defabianis P, Borraccino A.

2026/2 — pag. 102-108 — DOI

Malocclusions are among the most common conditions in childhood, with a high prevalence in Italy as well, although epidemiological data remain fragmented. The family paediatrician, due to early and continuous contact with the child, plays a key role ...

Il bambino con il naso a becco di uccello

Gauci MC, Portale G, di Cataldo G, Leone G, Gambilonghi F, di Nora A, Caruso M

2026/1 — pag. 24-26 — DOI

This report describes the case of an 8-year-old boy presenting with short stature and distinctive facial features, including microphthalmia, a “beak-shaped” nose and mandibular hypoplasia. A clinical diagnosis of Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome (HSS), ch...

Lo spettro dei disordini feto-alcolici: una guida per il pediatra

Serra G, Corsello G.

2023/8 — pag. 515-520 — DOI

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a group of conditions related with the prenatal exposure to alcohol. Affected subjects may manifest a wide variety of birth defects (growth retardation, craniofacial dysmorphisms, malformations) and neurodevelopm...

Quando l’amnios si rompe troppo presto e… da solo

Serra G, Antona V, Corsello A, Li Pomi F, La Bianca MR, Corsello G.

2022/6 — pag. 387-389 — DOI

Rupture of the amniochorionic membranes is a recognized risk factor in the second and third trimester for chorioamnionitis, sepsis and preterm delivery. The isolated rupture of amnion is conversely responsible for a malformation spectrum known as ear...

C’era una volta un bernoccolo…

Da Lozzo P

2022/2 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

An 8-year-old boy presenting with a long-standing cranial bumps was eventually diagnosed with bone fibrodysplasia. The clinical features of this condition and its possible association with McCune-Albright syndrome are discussed. ...

Sindrome di Costello

C. Leoni, P. Cianci, G. Zampino, A. Selicorni

2019/6 — pag. 383-386

Una strana testa… diagnosi a colpo d'occhio?

C. Brambilla, F. Betti, S. El Oksha, G. Banderali, C.L. Paolini

2018/7

Un caso di sindrome di Goldenhar con interessamento bilaterale

E. Fiorentini, A. Baroni, M. Giampietri, F. Lorenzoni, L. Bartalena, P. Ghirri, A. Boldrini

2014/7

Non sempre l’appetito è indice di “benessere”

C. Cubaiu, G. Masia

2013/7

Cosa deve sapere il pediatra delle sindromi

A. Selicorni

2013/2 — pag. 114-115

Teste piccole, teste grandi, teste storte

L. Genitori, F. Giordano, F. Mussa, M. Sanzo, L. Sardo, G. Di Pietro, P. Donati

2007/3 — pag. 155-159

The right and early diagnosis of craniosynostosis is a mainstay in their surgical management. The Pediatrician often makes the first medical examination of a child with a suspected craniofacial malformation. The aim of this paper is describing the f...

La respirazione orale e il ruolo della malocclusione

E. Bernkopf, V. Breoia, A. Bertarini, et al.

2002/2 — pag. 107-112

Abnormal development of cranio-mandibular structures may represent an alternative, or complementary, explanation for many cases of oral breathing and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome in childhood. They report the beneficial and prompt effects on s...

Sindrome di beckwith-wiedemann.macroglossia e crescita cranio-facciale:considerazioni e proposte

E. Viva, E. Viva, M. Ruggiero, L. Ruggiero

2001/3 — pag. 191-192

Description of a Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome case (annular hernia with rectal diastase; neonatal visceromegaly, then regressed; macrosomia, then regressed; macroglossia; other minor anomalies). This case is peculiar because it is relatively not se...

Sindrome di Waardenburg e sindrome del primo arco. Uno studio genealogico

1999/4

Le malocclusioni di terza classe

D. Giunta, G. Alessandri Bonetti

1997/3 — pag. 184-189

The Authors describe classification and diagnostic clues for Class III malocclusion. The “dental” type of Class III malocclusion can be diagnosed on clinical grounds while the “skeletal” type requires X-rays for a more precise classification. Th...