Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature

Lateral clefts are rare in occurrence. The lateral cleft is cause by failure of fusion of the maxillary and mandibular dermatomes. It is also associated with preaurical tags. We present a case of a lateral cleft of the lip with multiple bilateral preauricular tags that was repaired using triangular...

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Main Authors: Milind Joshi, Sharad Khandelwal, Bhavesh Doshi, Sadhna Samvatsarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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description Lateral clefts are rare in occurrence. The lateral cleft is cause by failure of fusion of the maxillary and mandibular dermatomes. It is also associated with preaurical tags. We present a case of a lateral cleft of the lip with multiple bilateral preauricular tags that was repaired using triangular flaps.
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spelling doaj.art-7cb6e21acb944f02aad11ba8f777f59e2022-12-22T01:25:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons0971-92611998-38912014-01-0119424224310.4103/0971-9261.142022Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literatureMilind JoshiSharad KhandelwalBhavesh DoshiSadhna SamvatsarkarLateral clefts are rare in occurrence. The lateral cleft is cause by failure of fusion of the maxillary and mandibular dermatomes. It is also associated with preaurical tags. We present a case of a lateral cleft of the lip with multiple bilateral preauricular tags that was repaired using triangular flaps.http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2014;volume=19;issue=4;spage=242;epage=243;aulast=Lateral cleft lipmacrostomiano. 7 cleft
spellingShingle Milind Joshi
Sharad Khandelwal
Bhavesh Doshi
Sadhna Samvatsarkar
Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Lateral cleft lip
macrostomia
no. 7 cleft
title Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
title_full Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
title_short Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
title_sort lateral cleft lip and macrostomia case report and review of the literature
topic Lateral cleft lip
macrostomia
no. 7 cleft
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