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CASE REPORT
Year : 2016  |  Volume : 6  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 38-41

A rare case of klippel feil syndrome with cleft palate: A case report


Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, YMT Dental College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Shreyas H Gupte
29/C, Chaudhary House, Knotacni Wadi, VP Road, Mumbai - 400 004, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-6360.188229

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Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare condition also known as synostosis of cervical spine, first described in the medical literature in 1912. It consists of the triad of symptoms such as short neck, limitation of neck movements, and low posterior hairline and also associated with somatic diseases and defects such as scoliosis, anomalies in urogenital system, congenital heart defects, deafness, facial asymmetry, synkinesis, or mirror movements. KFS manifests in the oral cavity with cleft palate, limitation of mouth opening, hypodontia oligodontia, and micrognathia.


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