Palpebral fissure size revisited

Fuchs, Magdalena; Iosub, Silvia; Bingol, Nesrin; Gromisch, Donald S.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(80)80335-0

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“…Short palpebral fissure was a constant feature in the first children with FAS reported. 4 Jones et al have claimed that the short palpebral fissure in children with FAS is secondary to decreased growth of the eye.36 This has been contradicted by Bierich et a137 and Fuchs et al 38 Stengel-Rutkowski et al have shown that normally the outer canthi lateralise more than the inner canthi with increasing age.39 In our children the distance between the outer canthi was more dependent on head circumference than the distance between the inner canthi. Our results suggest that the short palpebral fissure seen in children exposed to alcohol in utero is mainly secondary to impaired head growth, although the possible additive influence of restricted growth of the eye could not be excluded.…”

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Dysmorphic features in offspring of alcoholic mothers.

Autti‐Rämö

Gaily

Granström

1992

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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The frequencies of 60 minor physical anomalies and various craniofacial measurements in 52 children with alcohol exposure of various durations in utero were determined and compared with 48 non-exposed healthy children at a mean age of 27 months. Compared with nonexposed children a significantly higher total minor physical anomaly count was observed in those children exposed prenatally to alcohol throughout pregnancy. Binge drinking was not associated with an increased minor physical anomaly count. During the first year of life facial features were judged according to subjective impression: 10 children had typical facial features of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and 19 children were judged to have possible fetal alcohol effects on their face. Only six of them fulfilled the strict craniofacial criteria for diagnosis of FAS at the age of 27 months. Our results stress the importance of recognising also the subtle dysmorphic facial features associated with prenatal alcohol exposure: 22 of 29 (76%) of exposed children judged to have typical or possible features of FAS during the first year showed signs of central nervous system dysfunction at the age of 27 months.

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Dysmorphic features in offspring of alcoholic mothers.

Autti‐Rämö

Gaily

Granström

1992

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…Only one study examining palpebral fissure in adults was reported, 6 but again the data presented in that study were pooled from a mixed population. Pediatric studies support a similar racial difference in PFW 19,20 …”

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Orbital Measurement in Black and White Populations

Barretto¹,

Mathog²

1999

The Laryngoscope

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“…The measurement of the palpebral fi ssure has been thoroughly studied by different authors. Various studies that measured the palpebral fi ssure of newborns, covering gestational ages from 29 to 43 weeks (20,21,(23)(24)(25)(26) and fetuses from 15.5 to 41 weeks of gestation (27) were published by authors from the United States (23,26) , Hungary (20) , China (24) , Bulgaria (25) , Nigeria (19,21) , and France (27) . One North American study constructed a curve of the palpebral fi ssure measurement of children from 29 weeks of gestation to 14 years of age (26) .…”

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confidence: 99%