SIR—Treacher Collins or Francescetti syndrome or Mandibulofacial Dysostosis is a congenital malformation of craniofacial development. He is characterized by hypoplasia of malar bones, palpebral fissure sloping downward and laterally with coloboma of the lower eyelids, micrognathia, malformation of external, middle and inner ear and cleft palate. In these patients conventional direct laryngoscop...

Treacher Collins syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of craniofacial development. The fully expressed phenotype exhibits characteristic dysmorphic features involving the face, eyes, mandible and ears. We report a case of a 17-year-old woman presenting with the typical orofacial implications of this syndrome.

OBJECTIVES To document the incidence of difficult intubation following mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) in children with severe mandibular hypoplasia. BACKGROUND Syndromes associated with significant mandibular hypoplasia, especially Pierre Robin sequence, provide a challenge in airway management both in and out of the operating room. Mandibular advancement using mandibular distracti...

The Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS), also known as mandibulofacial dysostosis or Franceschetti-Zwahlen-Klein syndrome. (TCS) is related to atypical differentiation of the first and second pharyngeal arches, taking place during fetal development. Prevalence this approximately 1 in 50,000 live births it affects both genders equally. This article describes clinical radiographic features TCS who ha...