Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Congenital macrostomia or transverse facial cleft is a rare congenital craniofacial anomaly, which affects the esthetics and functions of oral cavity. It is usually associated with deformities of other structures developed from the first and second branchial arches. Bilateral transverse cleft, occurring alone is uncommon. Since the deformity is rare, its treatment has not been commonly described in the literature. We report a case of congenital bilateral macrostomia as an isolated, asyndromic deformity to add one more case in the literature and surgical technique has been discussed here.
Authors: SS Ahmed, Afshan Bey, SH Hashmi, Shaista Parveen, Alirza Ghassemi
Institutions: Aligarh Muslim University, Universitätsklinikum Aachen
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2320552425