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Neonatal palatal cysts and their morphology in cleft lip and palate
B M Richard1, C X Qiu, M W Ferguson
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|September 23, 2000
Abstract:
Palatal cysts (Epstein pearls) are occasionally noticed as white papules on the palatal mucosa of a neonate whilst having its 6-week postnatal check. We describe five cleft patients and the distribution characteristics of their palatal cysts, including the previously unrecorded observation of a submucous cleft palate with a double row of palatal cysts, one row on each side of the zona pellucida. The role of spatial morphology of palatal cysts in interpreting cleft pathogenesis is discussed.