Basal encephalocele is a rare craniofacial anomaly. In the present paper we report a 10-year-old boy presented with cleft palate, congenital nystagmus, and hypertelorism. During preoperative evaluation for cleft palate repair, a pulsatile mass was detected in the pharynx. Magnetic resonance imaging showed sphenoethmoidal type of basal encephalocele and agenesis of corpus callosum. Neurosurgical...

introduction: cleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital anomalies worldwide. this study was conducted in order to explore the incidence and related factors of cleft lip and/or palate (cl/p) among live births in mashhad, north-eastern iran.   materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, records of 28,519 infants born between march 1982 and march 2011 at three major hospi...

background cleft lip and palate as the most common congenital defect of oral cavity possesses a heavy socioeconomic burden for both the child and parents. nasoalveolar molding (nam) has received more attention to enhance future facial appearance and function during recent decades case presentation a 21-day old female neonate was referred with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. parents complained...

BACKGROUND The bone graft for the alveolar cleft has been accepted as one of the essential treatments for cleft lip patients. Precise preoperative measurement of the architecture and size of the bone defect in alveolar cleft has been considered helpful for increasing the success rate of bone grafting because those features may vary with the cleft type. Recently, some studies have reported on th...

This study presents clinical outcomes of primary cleft palate surgery, including rate of oronasal fistula development, rate of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) requiring secondary surgery, and speech outcomes. We examined the effect of cleft type on the clinical outcomes. Retrospective analysis was performed using clinical records of all patients who received a primary palatoplasty at the Cle...

OBJECTIVE To review the presentation and associated congenital abnormalities of laryngeal cleft and present guidelines for its evaluation and management. DESIGN A 10-year retrospective study (1994-2004) with institutional review board approval. SETTING Two pediatric tertiary care medical centers. PATIENTS Twenty-two pediatric patients (mean age, 21 months) with laryngeal cleft. INTERVEN...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of tooth agenesis, microdontia, and tooth malformation among non-syndromic oral cleft patients and their potential association with cleft type and gender. METHODS Intraoral records and radiographs of 154 patients (97 males and 57 females) were examined. The variables assessed were tooth agenesis, microdontia, dental malformati...