Congenital asymmetric crying faces is a minor
congenital anomaly due to absence or hypoplasia of the depressor anguli oris
muscle on one side of the mouth which manifest in a newborn at birth. Microtia
is a congenital malformation characterized by total or partial absence of the
whole auricle or any of its components, varying from a small auricle to the
total absence (anotia).
We present a case of congenital asymmetric crying face
with bilateral microtia.We performed an assessment of a newborn girl with a
birth weight of 4020 gr, head circumference of 35 cm, chest circumference of
34.5 cm, abdominal circumference of 34 cm and length of 50 cm. The Apgar scorewas 8 and 9 at 1st and 5th minute. The infant was born to a 40 y/o African
mother, multigravida (6 pregnancies, 5 full term deliveries), after 39 weeks of
gestation. She had a history of gestational diabetes in her last pregnancy,
that was controlled with diet only and the baby was born without any anomalies.
She did not have a family history of diabetes. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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