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Heterotopic nasopharyngeal brain tissue associated with cleft palate.

Giannas JE, Bayat A, Davenport PJ

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. yiannis@giannas.fsbusiness.co.uk

Heterotopic brain tissue in a cleft palate is a very rare developmental anomaly. We present the eighth case reported worldwide with a review of the literature and suggestions on the management of this unusual condition.

Published 9 August 2005 in Br J Plast Surg, 58(6): 862-4.
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