title: Congenital lateral cleft palate and lateral palatal synechiae.
abstract: We report a sporadic case of congenital lateral cleft palate and lateral palatal synechiae and suggest that its mechanism is embryonal. This is the first published case that we know of with cleft palate-lateral synechiae syndrome including the lateral cleft palate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey. daghanmd@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Daghan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bekerecioglu
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*