title: [Duplication of mouth and mandible. Apropos of a case].
abstract: We report a case of duplication of the mouth, tongue, mandible, and cervical spine in a female neonate. Findings in this patient were somewhat different from those in previously reported cases. Clinical, radiological and therapeutic features in this localized duplication are reviewed. Embryologic hypotheses include defective midline development, such as in the split notochord syndrome, and development of totipotent cells from the first branchial arch.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie B, Hôpital d'Enfants, Bab Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaouachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maherzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakhoua
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000150:complications*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000150:complications*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Les duplications de la bouche et de la mandibule. A propos d'un cas.