Me. Mavili et al., Bartsocas-Papas syndrome with fusion of the lips and posterior fusion defects of the thoracic vertebrae, ANN PL SURG, 43(4), 1999, pp. 443-445
Bartsocas-Papas syndrome is a rare popliteal pterygial syndrome with multip
le anomalies including microcephaly, facial clefts, filiform bands, ankylob
lepharon, syndactyly, and other ectodermal anomalies. Affected infants usua
lly die perinatally. The authors present an 8-month-old female infant with
manifestations of this syndrome and some additional traits including fusion
of the lips, intraoral filiform bands, alopecia totalis, and posterior fus
ion failure of the vertebrae. The fused lips were opened by incising the fi
brotic bands closing her mouth. Details of this patient and a brief review
of the literature is presented.