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Two Cases of Congenital Midline Upper Lip Sinuses Associated With Miscellaneous Deformities

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 64; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.joms.2005.12.023

1531-5053

Doğan Tuncalı, Ayşe Yüksel Barutcu, Ahmet Terzioğlu, Gürcan Aslan,

Tumors and Oncological Cases

Most congenital lip sinuses, also referred to as fistulas, dimples, pits, and mediane Oberlippensinus, 1 Katou F. Motegi K. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip Report of a case. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989; 18: 237 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar are located in the lower lip. 2 Converse J.M. Smith D.W. Wang M.K.H. et al. Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. in: W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1977: 1540 Google Scholar Association with other congenital anomalies, mainly with cleft lip and palate, are reported. 3 Asahina I. Sakakibara T. Miyashin M. et al. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip case report and review of literature. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997; 34: 83 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar Despite the relative high incidence of lower lip sinuses, congenital midline sinuses of the upper lip are extremely rare 2 Converse J.M. Smith D.W. Wang M.K.H. et al. Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. in: W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1977: 1540 Google Scholar ; to date, less than 30 cases are reported in the literature. 1 Katou F. Motegi K. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip Report of a case. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989; 18: 237 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar , 3 Asahina I. Sakakibara T. Miyashin M. et al. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip case report and review of literature. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997; 34: 83 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar , 4 Urade M. Tofani I. Igarashi T. et al. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip Report of a case. J Osaka Univ Dent Sch. 1984; 24: 59 PubMed Google Scholar , 5 Grenman R. Salo H. Rintala A. Midline sinus of the upper lip, case report. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985; 19: 215 Crossref PubMed Scopus (20) Google Scholar , 6 Eppley B.L. Sadove A.M. Goldenberg J. Philtral fistula in median cleft lip Cause and effect or coincidence. Ann Plast Surg. 1992; 29: 263 Crossref PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar , 7 Sakamoto H. Imai Y. Asakura A. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip Report of a case. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1992; 21: 10 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar , 8 Licht A. Posner J. Leipziger L.S. Median cleft lip with associated midline sinuses. J Craniofac Surg. 1998; 9: 366 Crossref PubMed Scopus (11) Google Scholar , 9 Illing H.M. Field D. McNamara C.M. et al. Congenital sinus of the upper lip A case report. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999; 28: 29 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar , 10 Al-Qattan M.M. Congenital midline sinus of the upper lip. Ann Plast Surg. 2000; 44: 76 Crossref PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar , 11 Sancho M.A. Albert A. Cusi V. et al. Upper lip fistulas three new cases. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2002; 39: 457 Crossref PubMed Scopus (20) Google Scholar , 12 Sumitomo S. Ogawa S. Hirai K. et al. Congenital sinus of the upper lip with idiopathic precocious puberty. Oral Dis. 2002; 8: 308 Crossref PubMed Scopus (7) Google Scholar The available 29 cases, including the cases presented here, and their details can be viewed in Table 1. Table 1REPORTED CASES OF CONGENITAL MIDLINE SINUSES IN THE LITERATURE WITH PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND ASSOCIATED ANOMALIES (EMPTY CELLS REPRESENT UNAVAILABLE DATA) Case Author Year Age (yr) Sex Associated Anomaly 1 Tange 1965 4 M Median cleft of the upper lip 2 Kriens 1968 2 F None 3 Kriens 1968 3 M None 4 Menéndez 1969 16 F None 5 Holbrook 1970 1 M None 6 Mackenzie 1970 24 M Midline sinuses of the nose 7 Parisier 1973 44 M Prominent forelock of hair, bilateral preauricular tragal hillocks, bilateral ocular dermolipomas 8 Miller 1981 29 M None 9 Watanabe 1981 2 F None 10 Watanabe 1981 7 months M Median cleft of the upper lip 11 Takahashi 1984 2 F None 12 Urade 1984 13 Hoshino 1985 12 F None 14 Grenman 1985 Partial median cleft of the upper lip 15 Grenman 1985 Pierre-Robin's syndrome 16 Grenman 1985 Midline sinuses of the nose 17 Osumi 1989 18 Katou 1989 12 F None 19 Sakamoto 1992 2 F None 20 Eppley 1992 Midline cleft deformity 21 Asahina 1997 5 F None 22 Licht 1998 16 M Median cleft of the upper lip 23 Illing 1999 13 F None 24 Al-Qattan 2000 12 F None 25 Sancho 2002 None 26 Sancho 2002 Double maxillary frenulum, median cleft of the upper lip, medial cleft of the primitive palate 27 Sumitomo 2002 22 F Idiopathic precocius puberty 28 Tuncali 2005 4 M Midline alveolar grooving 29 Tuncali 2005 3 months M Microform cleft lip, alveolar cleft, bifid uvula, notching of the posterior nasal spine Tuncali et al. Congenital Midline Upper Lip Sinuses. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006. Open table in a new tab Tuncali et al. Congenital Midline Upper Lip Sinuses. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006.