[Ultrasonic diagnosis of cleft lip and palate. Differential diagnosis. Case presentations].

The ultrasound belongs to the paraclinics group of diagnostical image. This procedure was incorporated in a total form in the modern medicine. In obstetrics it occupies an important place, since it permits us the study and evaluation of the gestations, from the first to the last weeks. The alterations of the fetus are detected in a high percent, in which we can found cleft palate. This work shows us a review of theme and presents two cases diagnosed and the technics used to detect the pathology. In both cases the ultrasonography was of great utility to detect this kind of alterations that affect the product's face and mouth. In the future the ultrasonography will be a fundamental procedure in the fetal surgery.