The relation of isolated cleft of the hard palate to submucous cleft palate.
The authors report a case of a spontaneous development of a fistula in a nonoperated submucous cleft palate in a male aged 40 years. This observation and the search of the underlying causes are based on their report from 1971 dealing with an analysis of 5 cases of an inborn defect in the hard palate.
Horák
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Department of Plastic Surgery, 3rd Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Fára
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D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013524:Surgical Flaps