Case report of bilateral facial cleft and duplicated maxilla

양측성 안면열과 중복 상악골:증례보고

  • Eom Min-Yong (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Song Min-Seok (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Kim Hyeon-Min (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Koo Hyun-Mo (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Yi Jun-Kyu (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Jeong Jong-Sun (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School) ;
  • Na Joo-Il (Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Gil medical Center, Gachon Medical School)
  • 엄민용 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 송민석 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 김현민 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 구현모 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 이준규 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 정종선 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실) ;
  • 라주일 (가천의과대학교 길병원 구강악안면외과학교실)
  • Published : 2005.06.01

Abstract

The facial cleft and duplicated maxilla are lire congenital anomaly. After Rushton and Walker had reported a unilateral facial cleft with excess tooth and bone formation in 1937, few authors described similar cases. The etiology of this anomaly is not well understood, but considered embryologically as a neurocristopathy. A neurocristopathy is defined as a condition arising from aberrations in early migration, growth and differentiation of neural crest cells. This aberrations result in facial malformation such as facial clefts and loss or duplication of facial structures. We experienced a male newborn baby with bilateral facial cleft and duplicated maxilla. The cleft was surgically corrected when he was 5 months old. The function and appearance of lip are improved. Duplicated maxilla will be surgically removed. We report this case with review of literatures.

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