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Can anyone tell me about goldenhar syndrome characteristics?
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Facial anomolies: Incomplete development of the ear, nose, mandible, soft palate and/or lip. Usually these defects are only on one side of the body.
Answered 11/24/2016
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Multiple congenital: Anomalies occur in oculoauriculovertebral spectrum. Unilateral external ear deformity ranges from absence to microtia ( small ear), middle ear abnormality with some degree of hearing loss, hemifacial microsomia ( small size of one side), macrostomia ( large mouth), microphthalmia (small eye), vertebral abnormalities. Some have heart & kidney defects. 10% have intellectual disability.
Answered 11/6/2012
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