Duplication of lower lip and mandible--a rare diprosopus.
Diprosopus or duplication of the lower lip and mandible is a very rare congenital anomaly. We report this unusual case occurring in a girl who presented to our hospital at the age of 4 months. Surgery and problems related to this anomaly are discussed.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
D N Pengiran
DN
Suhaili
S
S
Somasundaram
S H
SH
Lau
A J
AJ
Ajura
A R
AR
Roslan
R
R
Ramli
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome