Unilateral Orofacial Clefts: Prenatal Diagnostic by Ultrassonography

Caroline Mombaque dos Santos¹, Wendel Mombaque dos Santos^2, , Francisco Maximiliano Pancich Gallarreta¹, Caroline Eckerdt Schroer¹ and Edson Nunes de Morais¹

¹Fetal medicine department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria/RS, Brazil

²Occupational health department, Brazilian Company of Hospital Services, Santa Maria/RS, Brazil

Cite this paper:
Caroline Mombaque dos Santos, Wendel Mombaque dos Santos, Francisco Maximiliano Pancich Gallarreta, Caroline Eckerdt Schroer and Edson Nunes de Morais. Unilateral Orofacial Clefts: Prenatal Diagnostic by Ultrassonography. American Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 2015; 3(3):76-77. doi: 10.12691/ajmbr-3-3-3

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report a case of unilateral cleft with antenatal diagnosis in rotine ultrasound. CASE DESCRIPTION: Patient aged 21 years, in the first pregnancy, referred to the Fetal Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Santa Maria due to the ultrasound diagnosis of discontinuity lip and palate, compatible with cleft lip and cleft palate. Prenatal uneventful and patient developed for cesarean delivery by cephalopelvic disproportion with female newborn, 3270 g, Apgar 10-10, confirming the diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: unilateral orofacial clefts are common in female newborns, with deficiencies of folic acid like some risk factor and surgical treatment does not occur in the immediate postpartum period to be unfavorable an esthetic and functional point. The family counseling from pre-natal to ensure such understanding and the cleft lip and palate can be corrected completely, achieving better quality of life and the report of this case is important to exemplified the importance of a monitoring by a multidisciplinary team.

Keywords:
Orofacial clefts Ultrasonography Prenatal Counseling

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