In a patient with epidermolysis bullosa and cleft palate, perioperative guidelines and surgical management can be unclear. This case report illustrates the occurrence of a skin anomaly often associated with potentially significant morbidity and a cleft palate. Perioperative guidelines to successfully manage the cleft palate closure in these patients are presented.
FineJ.D., McGrathJ., EadyR.. Inherited epidermolysis bullosa comes into the new millennium: a revised classification system based on current knowledge of pathogenic mechanisms and the clinical laboratory and epidemiologic finding of a large well defined patient cohort.J Am Acad Dermatol.2000; 43: 135–137.
