title: Midline cleft of lower lip with cleft of the mandible and midline dermoid in the neck.
abstract: A female infant presented with a midline cleft of the mandible and a midline dermoid in the neck. Midline clefts are rare craniofacial clefts. Midline mandibular clefts can be associated with midline cleft of upper lip and a dermoid of nose. But a midline mandibular cleft with a midline dermoid in the neck has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Surgery Department, Sri Avittom Thirunal Hospital, Medical College, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Surendran
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Varghese
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery