title: Tessier type 3 oblique facial cleft with a contralateral complete cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Oblique facial clefts are extremely rare congenital deformities with a reported incidence of 0.24% of all facial clefts. This report presents a patient with a right-sided oblique cleft extending through the upper lip, the alar groove and the lower palpebra accompanied by a left-sided complete cleft lip and palate. Hypertylorism and bilateral microphthalmia as well as flexion wrist contractures were also present. Primary straight-line closure of the oblique cleft was undertaken followed by primary closure of the contralateral cleft lip. The treatment modality and 2 year follow-up results are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric and Oncological Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. egawrych@sci.pam.szczecin.pl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gawrych
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janiszewska-Olszowska
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chojnacka
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000145:classification; D003286:Contracture / Q000628:therapy; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000145:classification / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000150:complications; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery