Lower lip fistula and cyst, congenitalQ38.0

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Congenital lower lip fistulas; Labial Fistulas; Lateral lower lip fistulas; Medial lower lip fistulas

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Rare, congenital or early adulthood manifesting, occasionally inherited, branchiogenic malformation. Also cysts and fistulas, branchiogenic.

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

Symmetrical, punctiform fistula openings, usually paramedian on the lower lip. The ducts end blind after about 1 cm. Emptying of a mucous secretion under pressure. There is a fine bulge around the fistulas. The finding is often combined with velum cleft and tooth undercount.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Excision of the fistula.

Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.

In a few individual cases, autosomal dominant inheritance is the basis(Van der Woude syndrome; OMIM 119300).

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer