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What does it mean if your neck is webbed?

What does it mean if your neck is webbed?

n. The broad neck due to lateral folds of skin extending from the clavicle to the head, as in Turner’s syndrome.

Can you fix webbed neck?

The lateral approach with a shift of glabrous skin flap to the back, which we performed, allows for effective reduction of the webbed neck, excision of bands of the connective tissue and correction of the low hairline on the side of the neck.

How does webbed neck occur?

A congenital, usually bilateral, thick web-like fold of skin that extends from the acromion to the mastoid process. This deformity is associated with Turner Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome.

Is a webbed neck normal?

The estimated incidence ranges from 1 : 1000 to 1 : 2500 live births. Though inherited in an autosomal-dominant manner, 60% of cases are sporadic. Cryptorchidism is common in affected males.

Which disorder will cause webbed skin in the neck?

Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism, short and/or webbed neck, cardiac abnormalities, cryptorchidism, and coagulation defects (summary by Yamamoto et al., 2015).

How much does webbed neck surgery cost?

The average cost of a neck lift is $5,774, according to 2020 statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

What disease causes a webbed neck?

Noonan syndrome 9 Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism, short and/or webbed neck, cardiac abnormalities, cryptorchidism, and coagulation defects (summary by Yamamoto et al., 2015).

What is the medical term for the webbing of the neck?

webbed neck a thick skin fold on the side of the neck, from the mastoid region to the acromion. Called also pterygium colli.

What does it look like to have a webbed neck?

Webbed neck. A webbed neck, or pterygium colli, is a congenital skin fold that runs along the sides of the neck down to the shoulders. There are many variants. On babies, webbed neck may look like loose folds of skin on the neck. As the child grows, the skin may stretch out to look like there is little or no neck.

Who is the founder of webbed neck syndrome?

Pterygia-MR-characteristic facies (MIM# 177980). The phenotype of females with infantile secondary sexual characteristics, webbed neck (pterygium colli), and cubitus valgus was first described by Henry Turner more than 50 years ago. Shortly thereafter, gonadal dysgenesis was recognized as an integral part of the syndrome.

What is the medical term for Sphinx neck?

Pterygium colli, Sphinx neck A sphinx-like neck characterized by a thick web or fold of skin that extends from behind the ears to the distal clavicle and to acromial process; WN is typical of Turner gonadal dysgenesis syndrome, but also occurs in fetal hydantoin, Noonan, trisomy 18 syndromes. See Turner syndrome.