title: Congenital lateral cleft palate: a new anomaly?
abstract: A case of atypical cleft palate abnormality that had not been identified before in a 9-year-old girl is presented. The cleft was localized laterally and in an oblique position at the soft palate. The patient had cleft palate repair. Finally, she had acceptable soft palate movements and speech.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Numune Community Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atabay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akoz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorgu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods