title: Van der Woude syndrome- a syndromic form of orofacial clefting.
abstract: Van der Woude Syndrome is the most common form of syndromic orofacial clefting, accounting for 2% of all cases, and has the phenotype that most closely resembles the more common non-syndromic forms. The syndrome has an autosomal dominant hereditary pattern with variable expressivity and a high degree of penetrance with cardinal clinical features of lip pits with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or both. This case report describes van der Woude syndrome in a 19 year old male patient with a specific reference to the various aspects of this condition, as clinical appearance, etiological factors (genetic aspects), differential diagnosis, investigative procedures and management. Key words:Cleft palate, cleft lip, lip pits, van der Woude syndrome, syndromic clefting.
authors.affiliation: Professor & head of the department, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology, Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sudhakara Reddy
authors.affiliation: Associate professor, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology. Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: Post graduate student, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology, Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
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authors.lastname: Vijayalaxmi
authors.affiliation: Post graduate student, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology, Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavanya Reddy
authors.affiliation: Post graduate student, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology, Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Swapna
authors.affiliation: Senior lecturer, Dept. Oral medicine & Radiology, Vishnu dental college, Bhimavaram.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rajesh Singh