JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.17, ss.602-604, 2006 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Alar rim defects are mostly acquired, resulting from bums, traumas, or tumor excision. Sometimes they can accompany craniofacial clefts. However, isolated congenital alar defects are extremely rare. The authors present a case of congenital isolated alar cleft.