Open AccessDouble lip: report of five cases and review of the literature
Author(s) -
M Taifour Suliman,
Mohammed Salman Alhassan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1016/j.asj.2007.04.002
Subject(s) - medicine , deformity , psychological distress , upper lip , distress , surgery , dermatology , psychiatry , anatomy , clinical psychology , anxiety
Double lip is a rare deformity that may cause the affected person severe psychological distress because of its disfiguring effect on the smile. Most cases of double lip were reported from Europe and North America. We present five patients with this deformity from an African country and review the literature.
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