Asymmetric Crying Face in a Newborn with Isotretinoin Embryopathy

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

PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, vol.30, no.6, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01743.x
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.