“The Unkindest Cut of All”: Parry-Romberg Syndrome - An Unwonted Affair

Parry-Romberg syndrome

Parryةمزلاتم مساب اًضيأ فورعلما يجردتلا هجولا فصن رومض بارطضاو ،بستكم وه)يقرتلما هجولا فصن رومض( Romberg ىلع لولأا ماقلما في رثؤي امم ،ءاسنلا ىدل رثكأ ثدتح ، ئطب يجيردت دللجا نادقفو ،دحاو بناج رومضب زيمتتو ،هجولا نم دحاو بناج تلاخدت .ماظعلاو ،تلاضعلاو هجولا في دللجا تتح ةجسنلأاو يأ نودو ةحضاو ريغ ةلمتلمحا تاببسلما .عئاش رمأ باصعلأاو ينعلا Parry-Romberg ةمزلاتم نم ةردان ةلاح نع غلبن .فورعم جلاع ة...

Parry Romberg syndrome.

Fig. 1 : Parry Romberg syndrome patient showing the deviation of nose, atrophy and deviation of tongue and atrophy of one side of the face. Fig. 2 : Parry Romberg patient showing scarring alopecia of the scalp. A 25 year old female presented with progressive atrophy of the left side of the face for the past 15 years. Lesions started on the scalp and forehead and extended to the entire half of t...

Parry Romberg syndrome.

*Resident, **DnB, MD, Internal Medicine, ***Consultant Physician, CSI Kalyani Multispeciality Hospital no 15 Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai -600004; ***Former Professor and Head Department of Medicine, Madras Medical College, Head of Dept of Medicine, CSI Kalyani Multispeciality Hospital no 15, Dr Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai -600004 Received: 20.04.2010; Revised: 01.07.2010; Accepted: 02.07.2...

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