Table 2. Evolving facial features present in late infancy/preschool age and in late childhood/adolescence in CS patients.
Late infancy/preschool | Late childhood/adolescence | |
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Head shape | Postnatal microcephaly | Microcephaly, tendency to turricephaly |
Face shape | Square and hypotonic with micrognathia and full cheeks | Elongated |
Neck | Short | Without significant particularity |
Eyes | Type 1: marked epicanthic folds and downward-slanting, high-arched palpebral fissures with frequent unilateral or bilateral ptosis Type 2: elongated, wave-shaped palpebral fissures with long, thick eyelashes | Downward-slanting and wave-shaped palpebral fissures |
Ears | Long ears with an everted upper part of the auricle and/or a prominent lobe | No special features |
Hair | No special features | Thick hair and low hairline |
Nose | No special features | Prominent beak-shaped nose with a high nasal bridge |
Philtrum and mouth | Relatively short philtrum; small, open mouth with downturned corners, thick lower lip and marked mentolabial sulcus | Short philtrum upturned and associated with maxillary prognathia; open mouth expression and appearance of prominent central incisors |
Smile | No special features | Grimacing smile |
Abbreviation: CS, Cohen syndrome.