Cleidocranial Dysplasia is a rare bone disease. The other synonyms of Cleidocranial Dysostosis are Dysplasia Cleidocranial, Dysplasia Osteodental and Marie-Sainton Disease.
Cleidocranial Dysplasia is basically genetic disorder of skeleton that involve abnormal growth and development of the skeleton. Patients have cleidocranial dysplasia through inheritance from their parents. A parent with cleidocranial dysplasia disease has 50:50 chances to have this condition in their children.
Cleidocranial Dysplasia disease may characterize by following:
- Completely absence or incompletely formed collar bones and due to that child may have shoulders together or very nearly.
- Cranial and facial abnormalities include a square skull.
- High arched palate or possible cleft palate
- Short stature
- Scoliosis of the spine
Symptoms:
A person with cleidocranial dysplasia disease have typical facial features like a prominent forehead, wide face, prominent chin, small upper jaw and bulging of the skull cap.
Treatment:
There is no specific treatment for cleidocranial dysplasia. Only few drugs are there those can help in some cases. Prevention is helpful in cleidocranial dysplasia. Counseling should be join regarding cleidocranial dysplasia hereditary tendency.
