title: Surgical approach in a rare case of coloboma-choristoma.
abstract: Embryogenic eyelid defects can be isolated or associated with malformative diseases, such as Tessier craniofacial clefts. We describe the exceptional coexistence of upper eyelid coloboma and lower eyelid dermolipoma in a 45-day-old infant with a Tessier no. 0-1 cleft. The surgical intervention carried out on this patient, which used a flap of subconjunctival choristoma and grafting of reshaped cutaneous and tarsal portions of a preauricular anlage, is presented as a technique for correcting congenital palpebral coloboma. Adoption of this technique allowed virtually complete repair of the defect and gave an acceptable functional and cosmetic result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. andreaspano@aliceposta.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spano
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piozzi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: W Franz
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Baruffaldi-Preis
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buscarini
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Foschi
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trabucchi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D003103:Coloboma / Q000601:surgery*; D003228:Conjunctiva; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant