Oliveira CA Author
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Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision
Brasilia University Medical School, Brazil
Working at Brasilia University Medical School, Place of living is Brazil . Subjects of Specialization are Nose, Neck Surgery, Oral cancer, Skull, Eye vision.
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Author(s): Oliveira CA
Although the association of hearing loss, preauricular pits and branchial fistulae occurring in families was known since 1932 it was only in 1976 that Melnick et al. described a family with the father and 3 living children-1 boy and 2 girls-presenting with bilateral small ears, cup shaped anti verted pinnae, bilateral preauricular pits, cervical branchial fistulae and mixed hearing loss. In addition bilateral aplasia of the inferior lacrimal duct was present in the proband. Renal anomalies were present in all 3 members of this family in intravenous pyelography (IVP). They called this combination of symptoms BOR dysplasia. Due to the extreme variability of the phenotype of families affected as many as 6 different syndromes have been described in the past rela... view moreĀ»