Cleft lip and palate: series of unusual clinical cases.

ABSTRACT:

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Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) represent the most common congenital anomalies of the face, corresponding to approximately 65% of all malformations of the craniofacial region.

Aim

to describe unusual clinical cases of non-syndromic CL/P (CL/PNS), diagnosed in a reference service in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and correlate these alterations with possible risk factors.

Materials and methods

we carried out a retrospective study, between the years of 1992 and the 1st half of 2009, from medical records.

Results

Among the 778 cases of CL/PNS diagnosed in the period of 17 years, 5 (0.64%) were unusual CL/PNS, and all patients were male. It was found that among the 5 patients, 2 had incomplete right cleft lip with incomplete cleft palate, 2 were affected by left i

SUBMITTER: Paranaiba LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450715 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature