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. 2020 Sep;47(5):488-489.
doi: 10.5999/aps.2019.01116. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Unusual presentations of philtrum of the lip

Jaideep Singh Chauhan  1 , Sarwpriya Sharma  1
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Unusual presentations of philtrum of the lip

Jaideep Singh Chauhan et al. Arch Plast Surg. 2020 Sep.
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Figures

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Fig. 1.
A 6-year-old girl, who had thick ridges on both sides of the philtrum since birth. (A) Preoperative image. (B) Postoperative image.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
A 22-year-old woman, who had a philtral bulge at the base of the columella. (A) Preoperative image.
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