title: Rare craniofacial anomaly: Tessier no. 2 cleft.
abstract: Four cases of facial cleft that fit the anatomic description of the rare Tessier no. 2 cleft, with two patients having the no. 12 cleft extending to the cranium as no. 2 clefts, are presented. In all patients, clinical expressions of the anomaly were different. Thus, diverse surgical procedures were used in all cases. These cases and review of the literature help to define the soft-tissue and bony course of these clefts, and also emphasize the role of three-dimensional computed tomography scan imaging to show the bony cleft route. The diagnosis and treatment plan of the no. 2 cleft as well as its cranial counterpart are discussed in this report.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. hakang@med.ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozek
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gundogan
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bilkay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cankayali
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Guner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gurler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Songur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods