Proboscis lateralis type IV--a report from the Indian subcontinent

Proboscis lateralis of type IV has not yet been reported from the Indian subcontinent. The authors gives a report on a case of this type and describes the technique of reconstruction not described before. A case of a right-sided proboscis lateralis associated with ipsilateral hemi-nasal aplasia and contralateral nostril and alar defect, a contralateral cleft lip and alveolus, hypertelorism and mild hydrocephalus is presented and documented on a boy coming from the Indian subcontinent.