Congenital lip pits

MedGen UID:: 539675
•Concept ID:: C0266092
•: Congenital Abnormality

Synonyms:	Congenital pits of lip; Labial pit; Lip pits
SNOMED CT:	Lip pits (28041003); Congenital lip pits (28041003); Congenital pits of lip (28041003); Labial pit (28041003)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Van der Woude syndrome: a review. Cardinal signs, epidemiology, associated features, differential diagnosis, expressivity, genetic counselling and treatment.

Rizos M, Spyropoulos MN
Eur J Orthod 2004 Feb;26(1):17-24. doi: 10.1093/ejo/26.1.17. PMID: 14994878

The penetrance and variable expression of the Van der Woude syndrome: implications for genetic counseling.

Shprintzen RJ, Goldberg RB, Sidoti EJ
Cleft Palate J 1980 Jan;17(1):52-7. PMID: 6928118

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The lip: a histologic and analytical approach of relevance to esthetic plastic surgery.

Al-Hoqail RA, Abdel Meguid EM
J Craniofac Surg 2009 May;20(3):726-32. doi: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3181a14cfb. PMID: 19480032

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Diagnosis

Congenital bilateral lower lip pits associated with fistulae of the minor salivary glands: case report of the principal Van der Woude syndrome's trait.

Souto LR
Aesthetic Plast Surg 2008 Jan;32(1):172-4. doi: 10.1007/s00266-007-9027-4. PMID: 17805920

The Van der Woude syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Dissemond J, Haberer D, Franckson T, Hillen U
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2004 Sep;18(5):611-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00996.x. PMID: 15324408

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