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Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a genetic disorder characterized by deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. The degree to which a person is affected, however, may vary from mild to severe. Complications may include breathing problems, problems seeing, cleft palate, and hearing loss.
Edward Treacher Collins. Edward Treacher Collins (28 May 1862 – 13 December 1932) was a British surgeon and ophthalmologist. He is best known for describing the Treacher Collins syndrome. Family grave of Edward Treacher Collins in Highgate Cemetery Biography. He was the son of Dr. William Job Collins and Miss Treacher.
PRS may occur in isolation, but it is often part of an underlying disorder or syndrome. Disorders associated with PRS include Stickler syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, Treacher Collins syndrome, and Patau syndrome. Diagnosis. PRS is generally diagnosed clinically shortly after birth.
He has Treacher Collins syndrome, which has disfigured his face and required many surgeries and special care.
It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio and stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin, and Daveed Diggs . The film, which follows a boy named August Pullman or Auggie as his family calls him, with Treacher Collins syndrome as he tries to fit in.
Individuals with Treacher Collins syndrome often have both cleft palate and hearing loss, in addition to other disabilities. Hearing loss is often secondary to absent, small or unusually formed ears and commonly results from malformations of the middle ear.
Berry published an early description of the rare facial dysostosis condition which was initially called Berry-Treacher Collins syndrome. The English ophthalmologist Edward Treacher Collins gave a fuller description in 1900 and the condition is now generally known as Treacher Collins syndrome .
Specialty. Medical genetics. First arch syndromes are congenital defects caused by a failure of neural crest cells to migrate into the first pharyngeal arch. [1] They can produce facial anomalies. Examples of first arch syndromes include Treacher Collins syndrome and Pierre Robin syndrome .
There are some genetic syndromes, in which hearing loss is one of the known characteristics. Some examples are Down syndrome (aneuploidy), Usher syndrome (autosomal recessive), Treacher Collins syndrome (autosomal dominant), Crouzon syndrome (autosomal dominant), and Alport syndrome (X-linked). [2]
Treacher Collins. Treacher Collins can refer to: Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterised by craniofacial deformities. Edward Treacher Collins, the surgeon and ophthalmologist after whom the syndrome was named. Category: Disambiguation pages.
