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An extremely rare case of bilateral congenital fusion of maxilla, mandible and zygomatic arch with bilateral Tessier type 5 oblique facial clefts and an incomplete cleft of the secondary plate is presented. This is the first report of these anomalies presenting in the same individual. The jaw fusion, facial soft tissue and bony clefts and the cleft palate were managed simultaneously.
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Jackson, I.T., Agrawal, K. & Bush, K. Congenital bilateral maxillo-mandibulo zygomatic fusion with bilateral oblique facial clefts. Eur J Plast Surg 19, 262–264 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171883
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