[Anatomy of the nasal cartilages of the unilateral lip and palate cleft nose].
Noses of 6 stillborn infants with unilateral lip and complete palate cleft were dissected and analysed. The surgical dissection revealed that the lower lateral cartilages are asymmetrical on both sides, indicating displacement of the lower lateral cartilages and the cartilageous septum which deviates to the normal side. Paired T Test shown that there is no significant difference between two sides in length and width. The conclusion is that the nasal deformities of the lip and palate cleft are congenital and one of the major causal factors is the displacement of lower lateral cartilages and cartilageous septum in the cleft side.
Li
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School of Stomatology, Beijing Medical University.
Sun
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Zhang
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D000886:Anthropometry; D002356:Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy