Case summary:
The newborn is suffering from cleft palate as the normal palate has fused with an anterior-to-posterior pattern. The pediatrician also told that the fusion of the palatine process of the maxilla has not occurred.
Characters in the case:
A newborn child, his parents, and the pediatrician.
Adequate information:
A newborn child suffers from the cleft palate.
To determine:
Whether the palatine bones of a newborn child had fused normally when the child suffers from a cleft palate.
Given information:
A newborn child suffers from the cleft palate and pediatrician explained to the parents that symptom arises due to fusion of normal palate with an anterior-to-posterior pattern. However, the fusion of the palatine process of the maxilla has not occurred in a newborn child.
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