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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Facial Nerve Diseases > Facial Hemiatrophy
Nervous System Diseases > Cranial Nerve Diseases > Facial Nerve Diseases > Facial Hemiatrophy

Preferred term

Facial Hemiatrophy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Note

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

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005150

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