[A case report of a true median cleft of the upper lip with a pedunculated median skin-mucosa mass].

Minerva Stomatol

Istituto di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale ed Odontostomatologia, Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofolo, Trieste.

Published: January 1992

The Authors report an unusual case of median cleft of the upper lip with pedunculated skin and muscle contracting mass. About one hundred cases of true median cleft lip have been reported, only six showing a median pedunculated mass. As the embryogenesis of this malformation is still not completely clear, we think that any case with this characteristic has to be described. Besides the usual characteristic of the median "hare lip" this case shows a big egg-like pedunculated mass in which muscular tissue has been found well represented, and a wide incomplete maxillary cleft.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

median cleft
12
true median
8
cleft upper
8
upper lip
8
lip pedunculated
8
pedunculated mass
8
median
6
case
4
case report
4
report true
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!