title: Van der woude syndrome with short review of the literature.
abstract: Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition with high penetrance and variable expression. Clinical manifestation of this autosomal dominant clefting syndrome includes bilateral midline lower lip pits, cleft lip, and cleft palate along with hypodontia. These congenital lip pits appear as a malformation in the vermilion border of the lip, with or without excretion. Discomfort caused by spontaneous or induced drainage of saliva/mucus when pressure is applied or during a meal as well as poor aesthetic match is one of the main complaints of patients with congenital lip fistula. The pits are treated by surgical resection. Dentists should be aware of the congenital lip pits as in Van der Woude syndrome because they have been reported to be associated with a variety of malformations or other congenital disorders. Here, the authors report a rare case of Van der Woude syndrome with short review of the literature.
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, H.K.E.S.'s S. N. Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Pallavi K
authors: PK
authors: Deshmukh
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, M. R. Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Kiran
authors: K
authors: Deshmukh
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, H.K.E.S.'s S. N. Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Anand
authors: A
authors: Mangalgi
authors: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, H.K.E.S.'s S. N. Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Subhash
authors: S
authors: Patil
authors: Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, H.K.E.S.'s S. N. Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Deepa
authors: D
authors: Hugar
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, H.K.E.S.'s S. N. Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585103, India.
authors: Saraswathi Fakirappa
authors: SF
authors: Kodangal