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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul;15(Suppl 1):S806-S809.
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_464_22. Epub 2023 Jul 5.

Bifid Uvula-An Enigma

Prathibha Prasad  1   2 , Ebtesam Khalil  2   1 , Vijay Bhavrao Desai  2   3 , Sudhir Rama Varma  2   3 , Lalithambigai Gunasekaran  4 , Kiran Kumar  5 , Sulakshana Pradeep  6
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Bifid Uvula-An Enigma

Prathibha Prasad et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Facial development involves an intricate regulatory mechanism that accounts for numerous craniofacial abnormalities, common being orofacial clefts. Although cleft in the secondary palate accounts for one-third of orofacial clefts stills remains an under-researched domain. Hence, in this work, the authors put forth two non-syndromic, asymptomatic cleft uvulae reported among bimodal male patients of the Indian-Asiatic population who came up for dental screening. Most of the time, isolated/asymptomatic cleft uvula patients will be reluctant to further investigations and treatment. Although bifid uvula looks benign in most patients, it may sometimes be associated with catastrophic complications. To conclude, whenever bifid uvula is an incidental finding, it is the responsibility of the healthcare worker to plan a thorough patient workup as a primary preventive measure to rule out any complications whenever feasible. It can help us overcome many future unforeseen sequelae and emergency management due to bifid uvula.

Keywords: Bifid; cleft uvula; non-syndromic; uvula.

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An eight-year-old male child with Type D bifid uvula
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A 44-year-old male with Type C bifid uvula
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