Parry-Romberg Syndrome: Report of two cases with review of literature


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Case Report

Author :

Kundoor V.K. Reddy, Modali V. Lakshmi, Kotya Naik Maloth, Kesidi Sunitha

Volume :

2

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is an uncommon slowly progressing degenerative disease of unknown aetiology, characterized by unilateral atrophic changes on affected part of face involving the skin, fatty tissue, muscles, bone and connective tissue. PRS is a syndrome with diverse complication and associated most common are trigeminal neuralgia, facial paraesthesia, severe headache and epilepsy. Treatment of PRS is a multi-disciplinary approach of various specialities. This article represents such rare cases of PRS in 16 years and 14 years old patients with review of literature.

Keyword :

En Coup De Sabre, Hemifacial Atrophy, Parry-Romberg Syndrome