title: Congenital cheek fistula: a report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of the rare condition of congenital cheek fistulae are presented. These differ from preauricular fistulae in terms of their location and the direction in which the fistula is lying. Each cheek fistula seemed to be situated along the line of the junction between the mandibular and maxillary processes of the first branchial arch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D016896:Treatment Outcome