Craniofacial cleft

A facial cleft is an opening or gap in the face, or a malformation of a part of the face. Facial clefts is a collective term for all sorts of clefts. All structures like bone, soft tissue, skin etc. can be affected. Facial clefts are extremely rare congenital anomalies. There are many variations of a type of clefting and classifications are needed to describe and classify all types of clefting. Facial clefts hardly ever occur isolated; most of the time there is an overlap of adjacent facial clefts.[1]

  1. ^ Moore, MH (1996). "Rare craniofacial clefts". The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 7 (6): 408–11. doi:10.1097/00001665-199611000-00003. PMID 10332258.
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