Normal and Abnormal Fetal Face Atlas (eBook)

Jean-Marc Levaillant is a gynecologist-obstetrician specialized in fetal medicine at the Bicetre Prenatal Diagnosis Center and the Créteil Center for Women and Fetal Imaging, in France. Jean-Philippe Bault is a gynecologist-obstetrician specialized in fetal medicine at the Poissy Prenatal Diagnosis Center, France. Bernard Benoit is a gynecologist-obstetrician specialized in fetal medicine at the Princess GRACE Hospital,   Monaco.Jean-Marc Levaillant, Bernard Benoit, and Jean-Philippe Bault are all three pioneers in the field and teach various university and master’s degree ultrasound programs, and run the Kremlin-Bicêtre 3D Ultrasound School. They share with readers their diagnostic approach and their passion for 2D and 3D ultrasound. Gérard Couly, a maxilla-facial surgeon, is the founding father of this specialty and kindly wrote the first chapter on innovative embryology adapted to ultrasonographers. It is of rare intelligence and will remain a reference for understanding ultrasonography of the face.

Foreword PrefaceIntroduction Key phases in cranial-facial developmentCellular phenotypes created by the neural crestSummaryChapter 1. Normal FaceChapter 2. Clefts and Pierre-Robin SyndromeChapter 3. DysmorphismChapter 4. Upper level pathologiesChapter 5. Mid-level pathologiesChapter 6. Lower level pathologiesChapter 7. Multiple-level pathologiesChapter 8. Additional syndromesChapter 9. Facial tumors Chapter 10. The eyeChapter 11. Key points on eye pathologies Chapter 12. Curves and biometrics