title: Isolated congenital palatal fistula without submucous cleft palate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey. mehmet.karacan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karacan
authors.forename: Haşim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Olgun
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Caner
mesh_terms: 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