cleft lip

Introduction

A congenital facial anomaly of the lip, generally the upper lip. It results from failure of the medial & lateral nasal prominences & maxillary processes to fuse during development. It is frequently associated with cleft palate.

Genetics

• autosomal dominant
• autosomal recessive
• X-linked

Complications

• cleft lip is not linked to increased mortality & morbidity*

* cleft palate is linked to increased mortality & morbidity

More general terms

• orofacial cleft

Additional terms

• cleft palate

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/119300
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/119500
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/119530
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/119540
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/119550
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/303400