Seventeen-year-old female patient was evaluated with the complaint of pit-shaped injury located in semi lower lip mucosa, since birth, and there was no salivary secretion. During the intra oral examination, bifid uvula was noted, others mucous membranes showed normal aspects of coloration and texture and teeth were in excellent conditions of hygiene and conservation. It was asymptomatic and the...

First row rotating blades of four axial-flow compressors were prematurely fractured. Previous investigations showed that the site atmosphere contains corrosive compounds which lead to an increase in possibility of pitting on the blades. It was also revealed that the crack was originated from two corrosion pits. Thus, this work is conducted to ascertain which of fatigue or stress corrosion crack...

SUMMARY We present a family showing apparently autosomal dominant transmission of Sprengel's shoulder with cleft palate. Some, but not all, of the kindred showed features of the Klippel-Feil syndrome. The association between these abnormalities is discussed. The isolated abnormality of cleft palate is considered to be inherited in a multifactorial manner, although when associated with lip pits,...

congenital double lip anomaly is an infrequent developmental abnormality affecting the lips, more commonly the upper lip. 5 cases of double lip are being reported for the first time from iran and all confined to the upper lip. a new surgical excision is being introduced which is called transverse cupid bow-like elliptical incision. the previous traditional method was a simple elliptical excisio...

Van der Woude syndrome is the most common cause of syndromic orofacial clefting. It is characterised by the presence of lip pits, cleft lip and/or cleft palate. It is transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner, with high penetrance and variable expressivity. Several mutations in the interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene have been found in VWS families, suggesting that this gene is the pri...

BACKGROUND Congenital dermal sinuses represent cutaneous depressions or tracts that are lined by stratified squamous epithelium. They communicate between the surface of the skin and deeper structures and may occur anywhere along the craniospinal axis. These sinuses are thought to result from abnormal separation of the cutaneous and neural ectoderm between the third and fifth week of intrauterin...