J Korean Pediatr Soc.  2000 Apr;43(4):583-587.

A Case of Median Cleft Face Syndrome

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Median cleft face syndrome is diagnosed by two or more of the following anomalies : ocular hypertelorism, cranium bifidum occultum, median cleft nose, median cleft lip and median cleft premaxilla. The most consistent and prominent ocular finding associated with this syndrome is hypertelorism. We experienced a case of median cleft face syndrome which had orbital hypertelorism, cranium bifidum occultum, bifid cleft nose, V-shaped frontal hairline, and polysyndactly. We report this case with a brief review of the associated literature.

Keyword

Median cleft face syndrome; Hypertelorism; Cranium bifidum occultum

MeSH Terms

Cleft Lip
Encephalocele
Hypertelorism
Nose
Orbit
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