Congenital commissural and lower lip pits in the same patient: report of a case.
A case of simultaneous congenital lip and commissural pits is described. To the authors' knowledge, such an occurrence has not been previously reported to exist in the same patient. The need for genetic counseling in patients with lip pits and the surgical treatment of this deformity is discussed.
Chewning
L C
LC
Department of Dentistry, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212.
Sullivan
C J
CJ
Bavitz
J B
JB
D000328:Adult; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male