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Cleft Lip and/or Palate and Auricular Malformations.

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To study the relationship between cleft lip and/or palate and auricular malformations in Finnish patients with cleft.
DESIGN:
Retrospective analysis of patients with an external ear malformation and either a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate (CL±P) or an isolated cleft palate (CP).
SETTING:
Tertiary referral clinic.
PATIENTS:
Review of hospital records of 100 patients from the register of 8200 patients with cleft in the Cleft and Craniofacial Centre at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Proportions of variable auricular malformations among CL±P and CP patients.
RESULTS:
Microtia is the most common auricular malformation among patients with cleft and is almost equally prevalent with both CL±P and CP. The prevalence of microtia increases as the severity of CL±P increases. The combination of microtia and CL±P or CP is frequently found with both oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum and Treacher Collins syndrome.
CONCLUSIONS:
Microtia seems to be the most common auricular malformation among patients with cleft. The prevalence of microtia seems to increase as the severity of CL±P increases, whereas in isolated CP microtia seems to occur independently.
AuthorsSamuli Suutarla, Jorma Rautio, Tuomas Klockars
JournalThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (Cleft Palate Craniofac J) Vol. 52 Issue 1 Pg. 62-5 (Jan 2015) ISSN: 1545-1569 [Electronic] United States
PMID24437583 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Cleft Lip (complications)
  • Cleft Palate (complications)
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities (etiology)
  • Ear, External (abnormalities)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Registries
  • Retrospective Studies

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