Tessier number 7 cleft with oblique clefts of bilateral soft palates and rare symmetric structure of zygomatic arch.
Craniofacial clefts are very rare congenital deformities. Tessier's numbering classification is a simple system universally accepted. Excluding cleft lip and palate, the transverse or lateral cleft (Tessier number 7) is the most common type of craniofacial cleft, manifesting macrostomia without skeletal abnormalities. We present a case of Tessier number 7 cleft with oblique clefting of the soft palate bilaterally and rare symmetric structures of the zygomatic arch.
Kuriyama
Motone
M
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Hospital Organization Chiba East Hospital, 673 Nitona-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8712, Japan. motone-k@cehpnet.com
Udagawa
Akikazu
A
Yoshimoto
Shinya
S
Ichinose
Masaharu
M
Suzuki
Hiroyuki
H
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008265:Macrostomia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015050:Zygoma / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging