Open AccessLateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Medha Joshi,
Sharad Khandelwal,
Bhavesh Doshi,
Sadhna Samvatsarkar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.142022
Subject(s) - medicine , orthodontics
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.