Abstract
Three cases of median cleft of the upper lip were treated in our department during the 14-year period from April 1995 to March 2009.
The first was a rare case of true median cleft, with a slight median notching of the lip, two upper labial frenums, two polyp- like projections of the left nostril and a small tumor of the roof of the nose.
The second was a rare case of true median cleft, with a pit of the philtrum and hypertrophy, two upper labial frenums, and alveolar bone notching at the mid- premaxilla.
Correction of the upper lip deformity at five months and three months respectively, was done by frenulectomy.
The third patient had a false median cleft of the upper lip thought to be a DeMyer IV type.
We operated at seven months, but the patient died about three months later from the surgery.
