Rao S, Oak S, Wagh M, Kulkarni B
Department of Paediatric, LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India.
Br J Plast Surg. 1997 Feb;50(2):139-41. doi: 10.1016/s0007-1226(97)91328-x.
Congenital fusion of the maxillary and mandibular alveolar arches and a cleft of the mandible are each quite rare. A patient who had both a midline palatomandibular bony fusion as well as a mandibular cleft with a bifid tongue is presented.