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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 19
| Issue : 4 | Page : 242-243 |
Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature
Milind Joshi1, Sharad Khandelwal2, Bhavesh Doshi3, Sadhna Samvatsarkar4
1 Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Professor of Surgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Senior Resident of Pediatric Surgery, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
4 Professor of Anesthesia, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Milind Joshi
208, Princess Residency Plaza, PU-4, Plot-5, Scheme No. 54, Vijaynagar, Indore - 452 010, Madhya Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.142022
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.
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