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Median facial cleft syndrome: A case report

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Case Report

Author Details : Kaushik Bhattacharya*, Neela Bhattacharya, Aditya Shikar Bhattacharya

Volume : 7, Issue : 2, Year : 2021

Article Page : 61-63

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijashnb.2021.014

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Abstract

Congenital Cleft Lip and Palate is a common birth defect with an incidence of 1 in 600 to 800 live births. This defect usually affects either the left, right or in some cases both sides of the lip and is called a Tessier Type 3 cleft. Clefting of the face in the midline is exceedingly rare and such a case of a Median Facial Cleft Syndrome is being reported which occurs in nearly 1 in 1,000,000 live births. This was first described by Bechard in 1823 and can be sporadic or part of an inherited syndrome. The child had a median cleft of the upper lip, nose, and palate of a severe, complete variety, with absent philtrum of the upper lip, premaxilla, columella, nasal septum and vomer.

Keywords: Median facial cleft, Tessier cleft, Holoprosencephaly, Frontonasal Deformity

How to cite : Bhattacharya K, Bhattacharya N, Bhattacharya A S, Median facial cleft syndrome: A case report. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2021;7(2):61-63

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