Recurrent cleft lip and palate in siblings of a patient with malabsorption syndrome, probably caused by hypovitaminosis a associated with folic acid and vitamin B(2) deficiencies

Teratology. 2001 Mar;63(3):161-3. doi: 10.1002/tera.1027.

Abstract

We present a woman with metabolic disorders secondary to malabsorption and renal disease who gave birth to a stillborn male fetus with left unilateral cleft lip and palate and a live born infant with left unilateral cleft lip and palate. We discuss potential cofactors that could be implicated in the abnormal embryonic process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cleft Lip / etiology*
  • Cleft Palate / etiology*
  • Female
  • Folic Acid Deficiency / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Malabsorption Syndromes / complications*
  • Male
  • Recurrence
  • Riboflavin Deficiency / complications*
  • Vitamin A Deficiency / complications*