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Association of hypertrophic maxillary frenulum with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
1Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|November 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report a previously unrecognized association between a hypertrophic frenulum separating the alveolar portion of the maxillary palatine suture with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in one fetus and seven children. A hypertrophic frenulum was not found in 25 pediatric cardiology patients without hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This finding may provide a marker for suspecting hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the neonate.