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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Compromised affect and learning associated with Crouzon Syndrome – a clinical case study

Opper, Bjorn 02 October 2007 (has links)
Several reported case studies suggest that Crouzon Syndrome is characterized by a specific pattern of lesioned brain areas, which led to the exploration of how these structural brain lesions relate to the learner’s affective, social, and cognitive behaviour. However, these case studies were reported from highly specialized neurological and genetic perspectives, with no attempt at merging the triad, i.e., specific brain circuitry, learning and affect. This research project thus aims to describe compromised affect and learning associated with Crouzon Syndrome on the basis of a clinical case study, and of three critical inferences based upon a review of relevant literature. The first inference is that a craniofacial condition such as Crouzon Syndrome might be classified as a pervasive developmental disorder, since the brain is not fully developed at the time of diagnosis, while the concept pervasive suggests that these impairments significantly affect individuals throughout their lives. The second inference implicates a neural substrate to compromised learning associated with Crouzon Syndrome, therefore the expectation is that individuals diagnosed with Crouzon Syndrome might show a particular profile of compromised learning. As a result of specific lesioned brain areas, the third inference is that compromised affect associated with Crouzon Syndrome is delicately entwined with compromised learning. Human cognitive behaviour and emotions involve specific and delicately intertwined brain-operating systems, and it can be expected that the same brain-operating systems also underlie compromised affect associated with Crouzon Syndrome. Therefore, this project aims to scrutinize the neural makeup of Crouzon Syndrome based on a clinical case study, in order to compile a detailed explanatory profile of compromised affect and learning associated with Crouzon Syndrome. This is done using a mixed-method approach which involves both quantitative and qualitative research. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Educational Psychology / MEd / unrestricted
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Análise da retrusão do terço médio da face e dismorfologia orbital em crianças portadoras das Síndromes de Apert e Crouzon / Analysis of midface retrusion and orbital dysmorphology in children with Apert and Crouzon syndromes

Forte, Antonio Jorge de Vasconcelos 09 March 2017 (has links)
Retrusão do terço médio da face é característica das disostoses sindrômicas. Falta de projeção e deficiência estrutural podem ser responsáveis pelo fenômeno, mas estes nunca foram avaliados adequadamente tridimensionalmente. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a interface entre a base do crânio e a face, o volume dos ossos do terço médio da face e o volume e estrutura dos componentes da órbita, para fornecer uma compreensão da etiopatogenia da deficiência do terço médio da face e da dismorfologia ocular. Crianças com tomografia computadorizada, na ausência de qualquer intervenção cirúrgica, foram incluídas. As informações demográficas foram obtidas para três grupos (Apert, Crouzon, Controle). As tomografias computadorizadas foram digitalizadas e analisadas usando o software Materialise (Surgicase CMF (TM)). Dados craniométricas relativos ao terço médio da face, esfenóide e da órbita foram recolhido. Avaliação volumétrica do terço médio da face e órbita foi tabulada. A análise estatística foi realizada utilizando T-teste. Para a análise da retrusão do terço médio da face, trinta e seis tomografias foram incluídas (Controle n = 17, Crouzon / Apert n = 19). Todas as crianças estavam no período de dentição mista. A fossa anterior craniana é mais curta e mais larga em Crouzon/Apert versus Controles. Os ângulos da base do crânio medidos não foram estatisticamente diferentes entre os grupos. Crouzon/Apert mostrou ângulos mais obtusos entre as maiores asas do esfenóide, e mais obtusos entre as placas pterigóides. O ângulo formado pelo nasion-sela-fissura pterigomaxilar foi mais obtuso no grupo Crouzon e Apert comparado aos Controles. Não houve diferença volumétrica da maxila, zigoma e esfenóide comparando Crouzon/Apert aos Controles. Para a análise da dismorfologia orbital, trinta e uma tomografias computadorizadas foram incluídas (Controle n = 12, n = 9 Crouzon, Apert n = 10). A média de idade do grupo Apert foi de 5,31 ± 5 anos, Crouzon foi 5,77 ± 2,7 anos e Controle foi de 6,4 ± 3,6 anos (p = 0,6). O grupo de Crouzon era composto por 5 meninos e 4 meninas, o grupo de Apert continha 4 meninos e 6 meninas e o grupo Controle tinha 6 meninos e 6 meninas (p > 0,7). O comprimento da órbita óssea é 12% menor em Apert (p = 0,004) e 17% menor no grupo Crouzon quando comparado ao grupo Controle (p < 0,0001). A altura da órbita é 14% maior no grupo de Apert (p <0,0001) e 7% maior no grupo Crouzon quando comparados com os Controles (p = 0,03). A largura da órbita não é estatisticamente diferente no Crouzon ou grupo Apert quando comparados aos Controles (p = 0,1). O volume da órbita óssea é 21% menor nas crianças Apert (p = 0,0006) e 23% menor em Crouzon quando comparados aos Controles (p = 0,003). A projeção do globo é 99% maior em Apert e 119% maior em Crouzon quando comparados aos Controles (ambos p < 0,0001). Volume projetado fora da órbita é 179% maior em ambos Crouzon e Apert grupo quando comparados aos Controles (ambos p < 0,0001). O volume do globo ocular é 15% maior em Apert (p = 0,008) e 36% maior no grupo Crouzon quando comparado com o grupo Controle (p < 0,0001). O volume da porção do globo ocular dentro da órbita é 27% menor em Apert (p = 0,03). O grupo Crouzon não apresentou diferença estatística em relação ao grupo Controle para essa variável(p = 0,47). O volume da periórbita é 18% menor em Apert (p = 0,027) e 27% menor em Crouzon (p = 0,039), quando comparado com o grupo Controle (p = 0,001). O volume total dos tecidos moles (globo mais periórbita) em ambos os grupos Apert e Crouzon não foi estatisticamente diferente de Controles. Em suma, retrusão do terço médio da face em pacientes com Crouzon e Apert é associado com deformidade do esfenóide, que consiste na retrusão das placas pterigóides, causando alargamento e deformidade maxilar amplo, sugerindo crescimento diminuição inferior e anteriormente. Não há deficiência volumétrica dos ossos do terço médio da face nos grupos Crouzon e Apert comparado com Controles. Além disso, a dismorfologia ocular está relacionada com um encurtamento da órbita óssea associado com diminuição do volume orbital, aumento do volume do globo e diminuição do volume de periórbita. Apesar desses pacientes apresentarem volume normal do conteúdo da orbita, os conteúdos são alteradas, e da órbita óssea é mais curta e tem menos volume, o que não se encaixa na descrição clássica de exoftalmia ou exorbitismo / Midface retrusion is the hallmark of the syndromic dysotoses. Lack of forward projection and structural deficiency could be responsible, but neither has been adequately 3-dimensionally assessed. The purpose of this study is to examine cranial base interface and midface volume to provide understanding of the etiopathogenesis of midface deficiency. Children with CT scans in the absence of any surgical intervention were included. Demographic information was recorded for three groups (Apert, Crouzon, Control). CTs were digitized and manipulated using Materialise software (Surgicase CMF(TM)). Craniometric data relating to the midface, sphenoid and orbit was collected. Volumetric assessment of the midface and orbit were tabulated. Statistical analysis was performed using T-test. For the midface retrusion analysis, thirty-six CT scans were included (Control n=17, Crouzon/Apert n=19). All children were in the early mixed dentition. The anterior cranial fossa proved to be shorter and wider in Crouzon/Apert versus controls. The cranial base angles measured were not statistically different across the groups. Crouzon/Apert group showed angles more obtuse between the greater wings of the sphenoid, and more obtuse between the pterygoid plates. Nasion-sella-pterygomaxillary fissure angle was more obtuse in Crouzon/Apert. There was no volumetric difference in the maxilla, zygoma, and sphenoid comparing Crouzon/Apert to controls. For the orbital dysmorphology analysis, thirty-one CT scans were included (Control n=12, Crouzon n=9, Apert n=10). The mean age of the Apert group was 5.31 ± 5 years, Crouzon was 5.77 ± 2.7 years and Control was 6.4 ± 3.6 years (p=0.6). The Crouzon group consisted of 5 boys and 4 girls, the Apert group had 4 boys and 6 girls and the Control group had 6 boys and 6 girls (p > 0.7). The bony orbit length was 12% shorter in Apert (p=0.004) and 17% shorter in the Crouzon group when compared to controls (p < 0.0001). Orbital height was 14% higher in the Apert group (p < 0.0001) and 7% higher in the Crouzon group when compared to controls (p=0.03). Orbital width was not statistically different in either Crouzon or Apert group when compared to controls (p=0.1). The bony orbital volume was 21% smaller in the Apert children (p=0.0006) and 23% smaller in Crouzon when compared to controls (p=0.003). The globe projection was 99% larger in Apert and 119% larger in Crouzon groups when compared to controls (both p < 0.0001). Volume projected outside the orbit was increased over 179% in both Crouzon and Apert group when compared to Controls (both p < 0.0001). Globe volume was 15% larger in Apert (p=0.008) and 36% larger in Crouzon group when compared to Controls (p < 0.0001). Globe volume inside the orbit was 27% smaller in Apert (p=0.03) and the Crouzon group presented no statistical difference when compared to Controls (p=0.47). Periorbita volume was 18% less in Apert (p=0.027) and 27% less in Crouzon (p=0.039) group when compared to Controls (p=0.001). Total soft tissue volume (globe plus periorbita) in both Apert and Crouzon groups was not statistically different from Controls. In summary, midface retrusion in Crouzon and Apert is associated with altered sphenoid morphology consisting of widened and retruded pterygoid plates, with a flatter and wider maxilla, suggesting diminished growth inferiorly and anteriorly. There is no volumetric deficiency in Crouzon/Apert versus controls. Orbital dysmorphology is associated with altered sphenoid morphology, shortened bony orbit with diminished orbital volume, increased globe volume and decreased volume of periorbita. Despite normal volume of the overall orbital contents, the contents are altered, and the bony orbit is shorter and holds less volume, which does not fit the classic description of either exophthalmos or exorbitism
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Craniosynostosis, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors and Gastrointestinal Malformations – A Possible Link

Hibberd, Christine Elizabeth 18 March 2014 (has links)
Syndromic craniosynostosis is most commonly associated with mutations in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor genes (FGFR)-1, 2 and 3. Clinical and animal reports suggest a link between FGFR-associated craniosynostosis and defects in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Objective: to determine whether GIT malformations occur more frequently in the craniosynostosis population with a known FGFR mutation when compared to the general population. Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with Crouzon, Pfeiffer or Apert syndromes between 1990 and 2011 was performed at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Thirty-two charts meeting inclusion criteria were analyzed for any history of GIT abnormalities. Results: Three out of 32 patients had documented intestinal/bowel malrotations while 7 had gastroesophageal reflux disease. All patients had documented FGFR2 mutations, a finding in line with previous studies and published case reports. Conclusions: Results suggest an association between FGFR-associated craniosynostosis and GIT malformations.
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Craniosynostosis, Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors and Gastrointestinal Malformations – A Possible Link

Hibberd, Christine Elizabeth 18 March 2014 (has links)
Syndromic craniosynostosis is most commonly associated with mutations in Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor genes (FGFR)-1, 2 and 3. Clinical and animal reports suggest a link between FGFR-associated craniosynostosis and defects in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Objective: to determine whether GIT malformations occur more frequently in the craniosynostosis population with a known FGFR mutation when compared to the general population. Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with Crouzon, Pfeiffer or Apert syndromes between 1990 and 2011 was performed at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Thirty-two charts meeting inclusion criteria were analyzed for any history of GIT abnormalities. Results: Three out of 32 patients had documented intestinal/bowel malrotations while 7 had gastroesophageal reflux disease. All patients had documented FGFR2 mutations, a finding in line with previous studies and published case reports. Conclusions: Results suggest an association between FGFR-associated craniosynostosis and GIT malformations.
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Análise da retrusão do terço médio da face e dismorfologia orbital em crianças portadoras das Síndromes de Apert e Crouzon / Analysis of midface retrusion and orbital dysmorphology in children with Apert and Crouzon syndromes

Antonio Jorge de Vasconcelos Forte 09 March 2017 (has links)
Retrusão do terço médio da face é característica das disostoses sindrômicas. Falta de projeção e deficiência estrutural podem ser responsáveis pelo fenômeno, mas estes nunca foram avaliados adequadamente tridimensionalmente. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a interface entre a base do crânio e a face, o volume dos ossos do terço médio da face e o volume e estrutura dos componentes da órbita, para fornecer uma compreensão da etiopatogenia da deficiência do terço médio da face e da dismorfologia ocular. Crianças com tomografia computadorizada, na ausência de qualquer intervenção cirúrgica, foram incluídas. As informações demográficas foram obtidas para três grupos (Apert, Crouzon, Controle). As tomografias computadorizadas foram digitalizadas e analisadas usando o software Materialise (Surgicase CMF (TM)). Dados craniométricas relativos ao terço médio da face, esfenóide e da órbita foram recolhido. Avaliação volumétrica do terço médio da face e órbita foi tabulada. A análise estatística foi realizada utilizando T-teste. Para a análise da retrusão do terço médio da face, trinta e seis tomografias foram incluídas (Controle n = 17, Crouzon / Apert n = 19). Todas as crianças estavam no período de dentição mista. A fossa anterior craniana é mais curta e mais larga em Crouzon/Apert versus Controles. Os ângulos da base do crânio medidos não foram estatisticamente diferentes entre os grupos. Crouzon/Apert mostrou ângulos mais obtusos entre as maiores asas do esfenóide, e mais obtusos entre as placas pterigóides. O ângulo formado pelo nasion-sela-fissura pterigomaxilar foi mais obtuso no grupo Crouzon e Apert comparado aos Controles. Não houve diferença volumétrica da maxila, zigoma e esfenóide comparando Crouzon/Apert aos Controles. Para a análise da dismorfologia orbital, trinta e uma tomografias computadorizadas foram incluídas (Controle n = 12, n = 9 Crouzon, Apert n = 10). A média de idade do grupo Apert foi de 5,31 ± 5 anos, Crouzon foi 5,77 ± 2,7 anos e Controle foi de 6,4 ± 3,6 anos (p = 0,6). O grupo de Crouzon era composto por 5 meninos e 4 meninas, o grupo de Apert continha 4 meninos e 6 meninas e o grupo Controle tinha 6 meninos e 6 meninas (p > 0,7). O comprimento da órbita óssea é 12% menor em Apert (p = 0,004) e 17% menor no grupo Crouzon quando comparado ao grupo Controle (p < 0,0001). A altura da órbita é 14% maior no grupo de Apert (p <0,0001) e 7% maior no grupo Crouzon quando comparados com os Controles (p = 0,03). A largura da órbita não é estatisticamente diferente no Crouzon ou grupo Apert quando comparados aos Controles (p = 0,1). O volume da órbita óssea é 21% menor nas crianças Apert (p = 0,0006) e 23% menor em Crouzon quando comparados aos Controles (p = 0,003). A projeção do globo é 99% maior em Apert e 119% maior em Crouzon quando comparados aos Controles (ambos p < 0,0001). Volume projetado fora da órbita é 179% maior em ambos Crouzon e Apert grupo quando comparados aos Controles (ambos p < 0,0001). O volume do globo ocular é 15% maior em Apert (p = 0,008) e 36% maior no grupo Crouzon quando comparado com o grupo Controle (p < 0,0001). O volume da porção do globo ocular dentro da órbita é 27% menor em Apert (p = 0,03). O grupo Crouzon não apresentou diferença estatística em relação ao grupo Controle para essa variável(p = 0,47). O volume da periórbita é 18% menor em Apert (p = 0,027) e 27% menor em Crouzon (p = 0,039), quando comparado com o grupo Controle (p = 0,001). O volume total dos tecidos moles (globo mais periórbita) em ambos os grupos Apert e Crouzon não foi estatisticamente diferente de Controles. Em suma, retrusão do terço médio da face em pacientes com Crouzon e Apert é associado com deformidade do esfenóide, que consiste na retrusão das placas pterigóides, causando alargamento e deformidade maxilar amplo, sugerindo crescimento diminuição inferior e anteriormente. Não há deficiência volumétrica dos ossos do terço médio da face nos grupos Crouzon e Apert comparado com Controles. Além disso, a dismorfologia ocular está relacionada com um encurtamento da órbita óssea associado com diminuição do volume orbital, aumento do volume do globo e diminuição do volume de periórbita. Apesar desses pacientes apresentarem volume normal do conteúdo da orbita, os conteúdos são alteradas, e da órbita óssea é mais curta e tem menos volume, o que não se encaixa na descrição clássica de exoftalmia ou exorbitismo / Midface retrusion is the hallmark of the syndromic dysotoses. Lack of forward projection and structural deficiency could be responsible, but neither has been adequately 3-dimensionally assessed. The purpose of this study is to examine cranial base interface and midface volume to provide understanding of the etiopathogenesis of midface deficiency. Children with CT scans in the absence of any surgical intervention were included. Demographic information was recorded for three groups (Apert, Crouzon, Control). CTs were digitized and manipulated using Materialise software (Surgicase CMF(TM)). Craniometric data relating to the midface, sphenoid and orbit was collected. Volumetric assessment of the midface and orbit were tabulated. Statistical analysis was performed using T-test. For the midface retrusion analysis, thirty-six CT scans were included (Control n=17, Crouzon/Apert n=19). All children were in the early mixed dentition. The anterior cranial fossa proved to be shorter and wider in Crouzon/Apert versus controls. The cranial base angles measured were not statistically different across the groups. Crouzon/Apert group showed angles more obtuse between the greater wings of the sphenoid, and more obtuse between the pterygoid plates. Nasion-sella-pterygomaxillary fissure angle was more obtuse in Crouzon/Apert. There was no volumetric difference in the maxilla, zygoma, and sphenoid comparing Crouzon/Apert to controls. For the orbital dysmorphology analysis, thirty-one CT scans were included (Control n=12, Crouzon n=9, Apert n=10). The mean age of the Apert group was 5.31 ± 5 years, Crouzon was 5.77 ± 2.7 years and Control was 6.4 ± 3.6 years (p=0.6). The Crouzon group consisted of 5 boys and 4 girls, the Apert group had 4 boys and 6 girls and the Control group had 6 boys and 6 girls (p > 0.7). The bony orbit length was 12% shorter in Apert (p=0.004) and 17% shorter in the Crouzon group when compared to controls (p < 0.0001). Orbital height was 14% higher in the Apert group (p < 0.0001) and 7% higher in the Crouzon group when compared to controls (p=0.03). Orbital width was not statistically different in either Crouzon or Apert group when compared to controls (p=0.1). The bony orbital volume was 21% smaller in the Apert children (p=0.0006) and 23% smaller in Crouzon when compared to controls (p=0.003). The globe projection was 99% larger in Apert and 119% larger in Crouzon groups when compared to controls (both p < 0.0001). Volume projected outside the orbit was increased over 179% in both Crouzon and Apert group when compared to Controls (both p < 0.0001). Globe volume was 15% larger in Apert (p=0.008) and 36% larger in Crouzon group when compared to Controls (p < 0.0001). Globe volume inside the orbit was 27% smaller in Apert (p=0.03) and the Crouzon group presented no statistical difference when compared to Controls (p=0.47). Periorbita volume was 18% less in Apert (p=0.027) and 27% less in Crouzon (p=0.039) group when compared to Controls (p=0.001). Total soft tissue volume (globe plus periorbita) in both Apert and Crouzon groups was not statistically different from Controls. In summary, midface retrusion in Crouzon and Apert is associated with altered sphenoid morphology consisting of widened and retruded pterygoid plates, with a flatter and wider maxilla, suggesting diminished growth inferiorly and anteriorly. There is no volumetric deficiency in Crouzon/Apert versus controls. Orbital dysmorphology is associated with altered sphenoid morphology, shortened bony orbit with diminished orbital volume, increased globe volume and decreased volume of periorbita. Despite normal volume of the overall orbital contents, the contents are altered, and the bony orbit is shorter and holds less volume, which does not fit the classic description of either exophthalmos or exorbitism

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