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REPORT OF A CASE

CHARLES BRUCE MORTON, M.D.; HARVEY ERNEST JORDAN, Ph.D.

Arch Surg. 1935;30(4):647-656.

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Inferior gnathoschisis is an extremely rare anomaly. Search of the literature has revealed only three instances of this defect in man. Keith¹ recorded a case in a full term infant (MacCormick's specimen in the museum at St. George's Hospital). Dupuytren² mentioned a case of "median fissure of the lower lip and lower jaw." Wölfler³ described a similar case in which there was, in addition, a cleft tongue. Hamilton² and Bland-Sutton² each reported a case of partially cleft lower lip.

The defect is apparently equally rare in the lower animals. Walker² reported a median cleft of the lower lip, the lower jaw and the tongue in a calf. According to Keith the collection of examples of facial malformation in the museum of St. George's College includes only three specimens of median cleft of the lower lip and jaw; one from an ass, another from a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Gynecology; Professor of Histology and Embryology UNIVERSITY, VA.

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