A left transverse facial cleft with a median cleft of the lower jaw.
OBJECTIVE
A 13-day-old girl with a left transverse facial cleft and a median defect of the lower jaw is reported in detail. Left macrostomia was repaired using a W-plasty technique, and preauricular appendages were excised. The median defect of the mandible demonstrated by computed tomography scan on the first examination had disappeared at 1 year of age.


CONCLUSIONS
Congenital clefts of the mandible can fuse at a later stage; thus, it is necessary to wait to treat the mandibular defect until the infant is slightly older.
Aygit
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Medical Faculty, University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey.
Ayhan
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MS
Orak
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008265:Macrostomia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed