title: Tessier number 30 clefts with congenital heart defects.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Midline cleft of mandible, classified as Tessier 30 clefts is extremely rare, with less than 100 reported cases in the latest studies. Variations in severity and associated malformations have been reported before.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report, we present the first documented Iranian case of Tessier 30 with median cleft of lower lip and bifid tongue concomitant with congenital heart defects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We explain embryologic origin, differential diagnosis, other associated anomalies and its treatment by reviewing literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Taleghani Pediatrics Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tafreshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Taleghani Pediatrics Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Soroosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aminolsharieh Najafi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Taleghani Pediatrics Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Reyhaneh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasheminejad
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Taleghani Pediatrics Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Arezoo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirfazeli
authors.affiliation: Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shafiee
keywords: Congenital Heart Defects; Facial; Median Cleft