Asymmetric Crying Face in a Newborn with Isotretinoin Embryopathy

Sarıcı D., Akın M. A., Kurtoglu S., Üzüm K., Kiraz A.

PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, cilt.30, sa.6, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01743.x
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report a newborn with asymmetric crying face and other anomalies whose mother had taken isotretinoin during the first month of pregnancy. We hypothesize that asymmetric crying face is a finding of retinoic acid embryopathy and results from the intrauterine effects of retinoic acid on the development of the depressor anguli oris muscle or the mandibular branch of the facial nerve.