title: Atypical tongue-tie due to congenital tongue-palate fusion.
abstract: We are presenting a case report of a male neonate brought in an emergency room with feeding inability and signs of respiratory difficulty due to oral passage blockade - a developmental anomaly caused by tongue-palate fusion. Surgical correction instantly relieved respiratory distress and established the normal oral feeding mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Combined Military Hospital, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. drsaifmzd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Saif Ud
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Din
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome