Median Craniofacial Dysraphia - A Rare Occurrence
Keywords:
Facial Cleft, bifid nose
Abstract
This report presents a case of 17 year old male who had congenital median incomplete cleft lip with cleft of alveolus along with bifid nose and hypertelorism suggestive of Median Craniofacial
Dysraphia. Very few cases of patients with this syndrome have been reported so far.
References
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2. Kawamoto HK Jr: The kaleidoscopic world of rare craniofacial clefts: order out of chaos (Tessier Classification). Clin Plastic Surg. 1976;3:529
3. DeMyer W: The median cleft face syndrome. Differential diagnosis of cranial bifidum occultum, hypertelorism and median cleft nose, lip and palate. Neurology. 1967;17:961
4. Sedano HO, Cohen MM Jr, Jifasek J, Koplin R: Frontonasal dysplasia. J Pediatr.1970;76:906
Published
2019-08-31
How to Cite
Sanjeev Uppal, Munjal M, Garg, Avinash, Shah S. (2019). Median Craniofacial Dysraphia - A Rare Occurrence. The Indian Practitioner, 68(2), 43-44. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/678
Section
Case Reports
