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Congenital sinus of the upper lip with idiopathic precocious puberty
Author(s) -
Sumitomo S,
Ogawa S,
Hirai K,
Takai Y
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.02871.x
Subject(s) - medicine , upper lip , sinus (botany) , columella , anatomy , nose , biology , botany , genus
An extremely rare case of congenital sinus of the upper lip is presented in a 22‐year‐old woman with idiopathic precocious puberty. The sinus has a pin‐like orifice located in the midline of the upper lip philtum just below the base of the columella. Sexual precocity was found out when she was 7 years old. A series of exact examinations had been performed at that time. Neither neurogenic lesions of the central nervous system nor other systemic abnormalities were observed.