Isolated congenital palatal fistula without submucous cleft palate.
Congenital fistula of the palate is a rare deformity. It has been generally associated with cleft palate. Treatment of cleft palate is surgical intervention. We present a child with congenital fistula of palate that was not associated with submucous cleft and closed spontaneously at 18 months.
Karacan
Mehmet
M
Department of Pediatrics and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. mehmet.karacan@gmail.com
Olgun
Haşim
H
Tan
Onder
O
Caner
Ibrahim
I
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000151:congenital*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D016312:Treatment Refusal