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Mandibular symphyseal midline distraction osteogenesis for micrognathia associated with aglossia and situs inversus
1State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Abstract:
Aglossia is a rare congenital abnormality, often associated with micrognathia and limb defects. Situs inversus totalis is also a rare congenital abnormality, defined as a mirror-image reversal of all the asymmetric organs of the thorax and abdomen. The concurrence of these two abnormalities has only been reported in eight similar cases in the literature. Although micrognathia and malocclusion were observed in all of these cases, few treatments were performed for the patients' dentofacial deformities. This report describes the case of a 7-year-old boy suffering from micrognathia, aglossia, and situs inversus totalis simultaneously, and the treatment for his micrognathia by mandibular symphyseal midline distraction osteogenesis, guided by virtual surgical planning and a three-dimensional printed surgical template. In a review of the literature, this is the first case of micrognathia associated with aglossia and situs inversus totalis that has been treated by mandibular symphyseal midline distraction osteogenesis for the dentofacial deformity.
