title: Bilateral Tessier no. 4 facial cleft with left eye anophthalmos: a case report.
abstract: Craniofacial clefts are very rare and manifest in a variety of patterns. Tessier classified these clefts in 1973 and numbered them 0 to 14. Tessier No. 4 Facial cleft is a rare variant of craniofacial cleft. Not more than 50 cases are reported in world literature, amongst which only 5 cases are true bilateral in nature. However, combinations of two different variants are not very uncommon. A case of male Indian child aged 4 years with a true bilateral Tessier No. 4 Facial cleft is reported. He also had anophthalmos of the left eye. This is probably the first case in which true bilateral Tessier No. 4 Facial cleft with anophthalmos of one eye is noticed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery, Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Pakhmode
mesh_terms: D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019767:Maxillofacial Abnormalities / Q000150:complications*