Midline Cleft of the Lower Lip, Mandible and Tongue with Flexion Contracture of the Neck

Giant epignathus with midline mandibular cleft: Insights in embryology and management

“…[11] The cleft of the lower lip may present as a notch. Frequently, the cleft extends to bony mandibular symphysis.…”

Congenital Midline Cervical Cleft: Case Report and Review of the English Language Literature

“…In addition to its central features, CMCC may be associated with other anomalies of the head and neck, including clefts of the lower lip, mandible, chin, and tongue (2,4,5,(10)(11)(12)20,27), an underdeveloped mandible (5,8), and hypoplasia/absence of supporting structures of the neck, such as the hyoid bone (2,22,27). It has occurred in the presence of, and may even be related to, both bronchogenic cysts (13,16,21,28) and thyroglossal duct abnormalities (1,3,6,15).…”

“…Congenital midline cervical cleft (CMCC) is a rare developmental abnormality of the ventral neck. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported overall with fewer than 50 published in the English language literature (1–28)(Table 1). None have been published in the dermatology literature.…”

The median cleft of the lower lip and mandible and its surgical correction in a donkey

“…or.hic*u/uris oris is adapted. In the second phase the cleft between the rami of the mandible is bridged with a bone transplant (Stewart 1931: Monroe 1966Weinberg et ul 1972;Millard, Wolfe and Berkowitz 1979;Parnes, Net0 and Silva I98 I). Only a few case reports exist where the mandibular bones were joined without bone transplantation in the hope that a connective tissue fixation or a periosteal plasty would be formed (Davis 1950;Marcade, Babut, Pailheret and Allouis 1981).…”