title: Congenital midline cervical cleft: diagnosis, pathologic findings, and early stage treatment.
abstract: Congenital midline cervical cleft is a very uncommon malformation of the anterior neck, with less than 100 cases reported in medical literature. Herein we present a case of a female neonate with this anomaly. A detailed description of the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics is performed. As it is derived from the natural history of the lesion, prompt clinical diagnosis, and operative treatment during early infancy predispose to a better aesthetic and functional prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Karamandanion Children's Hospital, 26331 Patras, Greece ; Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Xenophon
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sinopidis
authors.forename: Helen P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kourea
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panagidis
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Sotirios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzifas
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dimitriou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Georgiou