Incidence of malformations of the urinary tract in association with clefts of lip, alveolus, and palate.
Malformation syndromes accompanied by cleft development in the lip-alveolus-palate (LAP) region are sometimes associated with anomalies of the efferent urinary tract. In the present clinical study, 68 children with an LAP-cleft were routinely subjected to radiological examination of the efferent urinary tract. These revealed pathological alterations, in varying degrees, in 26 children. The relationships between cleft type and urinary-tract malformation are analysed. The results show the significance of early interdisciplinary investigations.
D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014554:Urination; D014567:Urography