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BEC-DE-LIEVRE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A developmental anomaly characterized by an abnormal cleft between the central metacarpal bones, the soft tissues of the digits being fused into two masses, one on either side of the cleft.

CONT

The decrease in the number of patients after the early years of life can be attributed to early death of some children who are born with lobster claws in association to other severe malformations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Malformation caractérisée par une division longitudinale plus ou moins profonde de la main ou du pied en leur milieu, avec absence du doigt médian ou, dans les formes majeures, persistance des seuls deux doigts extrêmes.

CONT

(Trisomie 18) D'autres malformations sont beaucoup plus rares : méningocèle, bec-de-lièvre ou fissure palatine, atrésie des choanes, fistule trachéo-œsophagienne, utérus bifide, hypoplasie ovarienne, phocomélie, pinces de homard, atrésie du conduit auditif externe.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Absence or rudimentary state of the rhinencephalon, or olfactory lobe of the brain, on one or both sides, with a corresponding lack of development of the external olfactory organs.

CONT

(Clinical features of D1-trisomy) Ten per cent of the subjects had a single cerebral holosphere, while about 56 % had absent olfactory bulbs, and there have been a number of reports of the specific association of arrhinencephaly and 13-trisomy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Forme dégradée de l'avortement du bourgeon frontal, résultant d’une agénésie simultanée du rhinencéphale et du massif médian de la face(intermaxillaire) et entraînant un défaut important de la face(absence de la partie moyenne de la lèvre supérieure, de la sous-cloison et de la cloison du nez donnant un aspect de faux bec-de-lièvre médian total).

CONT

(Trisomie 13) Les malformations cardiaques et rénales (polykystose) quasi constantes sont décelées à l’autopsie de même que les anomalies du cerveau qui, le plus souvent, se rattachent à l’arhinencéphalie (absence totale ou partielle des bulbes olfactifs).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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Record 3 1981-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Genetics
OBS

Harelip: a congenital cleft or defect in the upper lip, usually due to failure of the median nasal and maxillary processes to unite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Génétique
OBS

Le curieux nom de bec-de-lièvre s’applique aux fentes congénitales de la lèvre supérieure

Spanish

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