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Published on: April 12, 2013
Could fetal reduction induce facial cleft? Report of a case
J Chauvel-Picard1, J Massardier2, A Gleizal3
1Department of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery of the Pediatric Hospital, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69100 Villeurbanne.
Abstract:
We describe a paramedian cleft of the lower lip that cannot be explained by embryological development in a child with only one predisposing factor, which was fetal reduction for a multiple pregnancy. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no report of a cleft that has been induced by the reduction of a multifetal pregnancy.
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