Microform holoprosencephaly
Synonyms: HPE, minor form | HPE-L | Holoprosencephaly, minor form | Holoprosencephaly-like | Microform HPE
A benign form of holoprosencephaly characterized by midline defects without the typical HPE defect in brain cleavage and which can variably manifest with microcephaly hypotelorism midline cleft lip and/or flat nose choanal stenosis pyriform sinus stenosis coloboma as well as a single median maxillary incisor.
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