Rare Congenital Deformity of the Nose in an Infant

Congenital Double Lip: A Rare Deformity Treated Surgically

Lip is an important aspect of facial features affecting ones personality. A deformity of the lip characterized by excessive tissue sagging below the usual giving it thicker wider appearance is referred to as double lip. It is a rare occurrence with a proposed male predilection. This article is a report of a 20 years old male with this deformity who presented with the complaint of difficult spee...

A Rare Congenital Deformity of the Eyes

[Half-nose; a very rare congenital anomaly].

Aplasia of the nose is a very rare, congenital anomaly in our field. It emerges as a complete absence of the external nose and all nasal cavities on both sides, or an absence of one half of the nose and its associated nasal cavity. The latter case is called "halfnose." Etiologically, it is akin to tubular proboscis, anomaly with a snout-like nasal appendage on, or by the mid-line of the face. T...

A Rare Case of Congenital Ranula in an Infant

Ranula is a mucus extravasation cyst originating from the sublingual gland on the floor of the mouth. Congenital ranula is very rare. We report a case of a 4-month-old girl with a congenital ranula in the floor of mouth. The ranula was treated first by marsupialization, but the cyst recurred after 1 week. Excision of the ranula was done and was successful.

Sprengel deformity: a rare congenital anomaly of the scapula

The authors report a case of a typical Sprengel deformity, a rare morphological anomaly which affects one or both scapula. The anomaly is more frequently a sporadic occurrence, but there are well-documented familial cases where inheritance has been reported. which appears located in a higher position and angles down towards the spine (Warkany, 1972). The anomaly is also known as scapula alata, ...