Unilateral cleft foot deformity

A 17-year-old girl with unilateral atypical cleft foot deformity is reported. In this case the deformity was associated with deafness, mandibular retrognathia and congenital bilateral temporomandibular joint luxation. Family history of cleft foot deformity was not found. A syndactylization procedure with shortening of the big toe was done. The temporomandibular joint luxation was also corrected

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia: report of a large-sized scalp lesion

In this report, a case is presented with large recurrent, benign, vascular and proliferative lesion on the scalp. Complete surgical excision of the tumor mass and split thickness skin grafting of the defect had favorable results with no recurrences after 24-month follow-up

THE FOLDED DOUBLE PADDLED FREE FLAP FOR ORAL CAVITY RECONSTRUCTION

Six radial forearm flaps, two transverse rectus abdominis flaps and one latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap were used in a bipaddled fashion for full thickness defects of the cheek and the floor of the mouth resulting from cancer resection. The flaps provided both intraoral lining and skin cover in all cases. Immediate reconstruction was carried out following tumor resection in six cases. In three patients who presented with large full thickness defects due to failure of primary reconstruction, late reconstruction with double paddled free flaps was performed. All transfers were successful, in the latissimus dorsi transfer a minimal area of necrosis occurred at the tip of the flap. A salivary fistula developed in two cases, both healed spontaneously up to three weeks postoperatively. The average operating time was 5.5 h; the average hospital stay was 13.4 days