cleft nose

a nose with a furrow caused by failure of complete convergence of the paired embryonic primordia. Fissures of the soft tissues ordinarily signal coexistent underlying skeletal clefts.

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

cleft nose

(kleft nōz)

Nose with furrow caused by failure of complete convergence of the paired embryonic primordia. Fissures of the soft tissues ordinarily signal coexistent underlying skeletal clefts.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive

James Fernandez was born with a cleft nose, spina bifida and birth defects, which his family claim were caused by his mum Louise's prescribed antidepressants.

I was taking Prozac when I fell pregnant. Now I fear the drugs harmed my unborn son; MUM FEARS ANTIDEPRESSANTS HURT BABY - Louise Fernandez yesterday

Objective evaluation of the cleft nose deformity after using conventional Millard's technique for primary repair has been done and nostril apex height, alar length, and width asymmetry have been determined in all the cases preoperatively (Table 1).

Nasal retainers are commonly used in cleft nose deformity repair; however, we did not use any molding device in this study due to the observed complications related to their use, like skin reaction, infection, ulceration, recurrence, pain, and others.

Evaluation of the use of auricular composite graft for secondary unilateral cleft lip nasal alar deformity repair

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