High arched palate

High arched palates are a facial feature of many syndromes, although the classic association is Marfan syndrome. There are hundreds of conditions associated with high arched palates, with some of the radiologically-more important including:

• Down syndrome
• Apert syndrome
• Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
• cleidocranial dysostosis
• Sotos syndrome
• Pierre Robin syndrome
• Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
• Treacher Collins syndrome
• Crouzon syndrome