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Facial cleft
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A congenital malformation with a cleft (gap or opening) in the face. [ ]
Term info
Label
Facial cleft
Synonyms
- Cleft of the face
- Facial cleft
- Tessier facial cleft
Subsets
hposlim_core
comment
The categories of facial cleft (subterms) correspond to Tessier, P (1976) Classification of rare craniofacial clefts, Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery; 4:69-92. There exists a competing classification system by Van der Meulen that divides different types of clefts based on where the development arrest occurs in the embryogenesis. The HPO uses the Tessier classification because it is based on phenotype rather than pathophysiological considerations.
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human_phenotype
has related synonym
Facial clefts
id
HP:0002006