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| Authors | D. Pace S Attard Montalto V Grech |
| Abstract | Microform cleft lip (MCL), also called congenital healed cleft lip or cleft lip frustr, is a rare congenital anomaly. MCL has been described as having the characteristic appearance of a typical cleft lip that has been corrected in utero. We present two individuals with MCL: a) A girl with bilateral microform cleft lip associated with a preauricular sinus and bilateral camptodactyly, whose father had had bilateral cleft lip repair and a preauricular sinus b) A boy with unilateral MCL who had coarctation of the aorta and an aberrant right subclavian artery that arose distal to the coarctation site. MCL is very rare, and the only reported cohort in the literature gives a rate of 0.06/10,000 live births (95% CL: 0.04-0.09/10,000 live births; n=25). Bilateral MCL is even more rare, and in this only and largest series reported to date, only one case had bilateral MCL. |
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| Journal | Malta Medical Journal |
| Volume | Volume 15 (suppl) |
| Pages | - |
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| Key words | congenital, healed cleft lip, birth defects, paediatrics |