title: Proboscis lateralis type IV--a report from the Indian subcontinent.
abstract: Proboscis lateralis of type IV has not yet been reported from the Indian subcontinent. The authors gives a report on a case of this type and describes the technique of reconstruction not described before. A case of a right-sided proboscis lateralis associated with ipsilateral hemi-nasal aplasia and contralateral nostril and alar defect, a contralateral cleft lip and alveolus, hypertelorism and mild hydrocephalus is presented and documented on a boy coming from the Indian subcontinent.
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govila
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic