title: Microform cleft lip associated with a complete cleft palate.
abstract: Clefting of the lip with or without an associated cleft palate may be present in varying degrees of severity. The so-called microform cleft lip or forme fruste has been characteristically described as having the appearance of a repaired cleft lip. The following case describes a patient with microform cleft lip and a complete cleft of the hard and soft palates. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such an association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thaller
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps