TESSIER NUMBER 10 CLEFT

Craniofacial clefts are rare, but devastating deformities with several classification schemes, e.g., American Association of Cleft Palate Re habilitation [I], Karfik [2], Van der Meulen et al, [3], and Tessier [ 4], Because it is necessary to appreciate the relationship of skeletal deformity and soft tissue involvement, Tessier's classification of a numerical. system around the orbit has gained popular acceptance. A pa tient with an unusual deformity which may be a number 10 cleft is pres ented.