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Summary
An unusual congenital anomaly of a bilateral complete cleft of the primary palate, a complete cleft of the left secondary palate with abnormal nostrils without external openings and right choanal atresia is presented. The child also has a lachrymal fistula below the right lower eyelid and a coloboma of the same eyelid medially. Neither lachrymal system drained into the nose.
References
- Cleft Craft: The Evolution of its Surgery. Vol. II. Little, Brown & Co., Boston1977: 168
- Anatomical classification of facial, cranio-facial and latero-facial clefts.Journal of Maxillo-Facial Surgery. 1976; 4: 69
Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
June 18,
1987
Received:
December 22,
1986
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Copyright
© 1987 The Trustees of British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.
