Open AccessTessier 30 facial cleft
Author(s) -
Nirmal C. Bhattacharyya,
Kabita Kalita,
Manoj Gogoi,
Pradip Kumar Deuri
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0971-9261.93970
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , orthodontics , gene duplication , dentistry , lower lip , anatomy , surgery , biology , genetics , pathology , botany , gene , genus
A case of midline cleft of the lower lip with cleft of the mandible and complete duplication of the tongue is reported here. Median cleft of the lower lip, mandible and bifid tongue with ankyloglossia is reported in the literature, but complete duplication of the tongue as part of the Tessier 30 cleft is not yet reported.