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  • Title: Rethinking isolated cleft palate: evidence of occult lip defects in a subset of cases.
    Author: Weinberg SM, Brandon CA, McHenry TH, Neiswanger K, Deleyiannis FW, de Salamanca JE, Castilla EE, Czeizel AE, Vieira AR, Marazita ML.
    Journal: Am J Med Genet A; 2008 Jul 01; 146A(13):1670-5. PubMed ID: 18536047.
    Abstract:
    Emerging research suggests that subepithelial defects of the upper lip musculature are part of the phenotypic spectrum of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and may represent an occult, subclinical manifestation of the anomaly. The present study investigates whether similar occult lip defects are present in individuals affected with isolated cleft palate (CP). To this end, upper lip ultrasounds of 33 CP cases (12 males, 21 females) were evaluated retrospectively for the presence of discontinuities (i.e., breaks) within the orbicularis oris muscle (OOM). In four CP cases (2 males, 2 females), distinct discontinuities of the OOM were identified. Of the remaining CP individuals, 23 demonstrated normal lip morphology on ultrasound (7 males, 16 females), while, in 6 cases (3 males, 3 females), a definitive evaluation was not possible. As CP and CL/P are traditionally thought to be etiologically distinct, these findings raise the possibility that some CP cases may be misclassified. Such diagnostic errors could have important implications for recurrence risk estimation and studies aimed at discovering etiology. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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