S. Rao et al., CONGENITAL MIDLINE PALATOMANDIBULAR BONY FUSION WITH A MANDIBULAR CLEFT AND A BIFID TONGUE, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 50(2), 1997, pp. 139-141
Congenital fusion of the maxillary and mandibular alveolar arches and
a deft of the mandible are each quite rare. A patient who had both a m
idline palatomandibular bony fusion as well as a mandibular cleft with
a bifid tongue is presented.