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  • Diprosopus: A Rare Case of ...
    Trevisani, Viola; Balestri, Eleonora; Napoli, Manuela; Caraffi, Stefano Giuseppe; Baroni, Maria Chiara; Peluso, Francesca; Colonna, Anna; Iughetti, Lorenzo; Gargano, Giancarlo; Superti-Furga, Andrea; Garavelli, Livia

    Genes, 08/2023, Letnik: 14, Številka: 9
    Journal Article

    In 1990, Gorlin et al. described four types of craniofacial duplications: (1) single mouth with duplication of the maxillary arch; (2) supernumerary mouth laterally placed with rudimentary segments; (3) single mouth with replication of the mandibular segments; and (4) true facial duplication, namely diprosopus. We describe a newborn born with wide-spaced eyes, a very broad nose, and two separate mouths. Workup revealed the absence of the corpus callosum and the presence of a brain midline lipoma, wide sutures, and a Chiari I malformation with cerebellar herniation. We conducted a systematic review of the literature and compared all the cases described as diprosopus. In 96% of these, the central nervous system is affected, with anencephaly being the most commonly associated abnormality. Other associated anomalies include cardiac malformations (86%), cleft palate (63%), diaphragmatic hernia (13%), and disorder of sex development (DSD) (13%). Although the facial features are those that first strike the eye, the almost obligate presence of cerebral malformations suggests a disruptive event in the cephalic pole of the forming embryo. No major monogenic contribution has been recognized today for this type of malformation.