 Facial Hemiatrophy
"Facial Hemiatrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005150
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.284 C07.465.299.375 C10.292.319.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Hemiatrophy- Facial Hemiatrophy
- Facial Hemiatrophies
- Hemiatrophies, Facial
- Hemiatrophy, Facial
- Romberg Disease
- Disease, Romberg
- Hemifacial Atrophy
- Atrophies, Hemifacial
- Atrophy, Hemifacial
- Hemifacial Atrophies
- Facial Hemiatrophy of Romberg
- Romberg Facial Hemiatrophy
- Hemifacial Atrophy, Progressive
- Parry-Romberg Disease
- Disease, Parry-Romberg
- Parry Romberg Disease
- Progressive Facial Hemiatrophy
- Facial Hemiatrophies, Progressive
- Facial Hemiatrophy, Progressive
- Hemiatrophies, Progressive Facial
- Hemiatrophy, Progressive Facial
- Progressive Facial Hemiatrophies
- Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy
- Atrophies, Progressive Hemifacial
- Atrophy, Progressive Hemifacial
- Progressive Hemifacial Atrophies
- Romberg Hemi-Facial Atrophy
- Atrophy, Romberg Hemi-Facial
- Hemi-Facial Atrophy, Romberg
- Romberg Hemi Facial Atrophy
- Romberg's Disease
- Disease, Romberg's
- Rombergs Disease
- Parry-Romberg Syndrome
- Parry Romberg Syndrome
- Syndrome, Parry-Romberg
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Hemiatrophy" by people in Profiles.
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He L, Liu X, Khatter NJ, Yu X, Washington KM, Shu M. Treatment of Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy by Cartilage Graft and Free Adipofascial Flap Combined with Three-Dimensional Planning. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3):679-688.
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Hixon AM, Christensen E, Hamilton R, Drees C. Epilepsy in Parry-Romberg syndrome and linear scleroderma en coup de sabre: Case series and systematic review including 140 patients. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 08; 121(Pt A):108068.
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