Bifid nasal tip

What it means

A splitting of the nasal tip. Visually assessable vertical indentation, cleft, or depression of the nasal tip.

This is a rare congenital deformity due to failure of the paired nasal processes to fuse to a single midline organ during early gestation.

Rare diseases that can present with this7

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Bifid tip of nose · Cleft tip of nose · Notched nasal tip · Notched tip of nose