Diseases

Facial Hemiatrophy

A syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral atrophy of facial subcutaneous fat, muscle tissue, skin, cartilage, and bone. The condition typically progresses over a period of 2-10 years and then stabilizes.

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Abstract

A syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral atrophy of facial subcutaneous fat, muscle tissue, skin, cartilage, and bone. The condition typically progresses over a period of 2-10 years and then stabilizes.

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Synonyms

35 entry terms
  • Facial Hemiatrophy of Romberg
  • Hemifacial Atrophy
  • Hemifacial Atrophy, Progressive
  • Parry-Romberg Disease
  • Parry-Romberg Syndrome
  • Progressive Facial Hemiatrophy
  • Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy
  • Romberg Disease
  • Romberg Hemi-Facial Atrophy
  • Romberg's Disease
  • Atrophies, Hemifacial
  • Atrophies, Progressive Hemifacial
  • Atrophy, Hemifacial
  • Atrophy, Progressive Hemifacial
  • Atrophy, Romberg Hemi-Facial
  • Disease, Parry-Romberg
  • Disease, Romberg
  • Disease, Romberg's
  • Facial Hemiatrophies
  • Facial Hemiatrophies, Progressive
  • Facial Hemiatrophy, Progressive
  • Hemi-Facial Atrophy, Romberg
  • Hemiatrophies, Facial
  • Hemiatrophies, Progressive Facial
  • Hemiatrophy, Facial
  • Hemiatrophy, Progressive Facial
  • Hemifacial Atrophies
  • Parry Romberg Disease
  • Parry Romberg Syndrome
  • Progressive Facial Hemiatrophies
  • Progressive Hemifacial Atrophies
  • Romberg Facial Hemiatrophy
  • Romberg Hemi Facial Atrophy
  • Rombergs Disease
  • Syndrome, Parry-Romberg

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with FACIAL ASYMMETRY; note HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA see FACIAL ASYMMETRY

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Tree Numbers

  1. C07.465w.284w
  2. C07.465w.299.375w
  3. C10w.292w.319.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Facial Hemiatrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005150. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005150
  2. Facial Hemiatrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry%E2%80%93Romberg_syndrome
  3. Facial Hemiatrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250365