Case of Rapid Progression of Hemiatrophy on the Face: A New Clinical Entity?

A lot of diseases, including lupus profundus, morphea, lipodystrophy, and Parry-Romberg syndrome, may manifest progressive hemifacial atrophy. These diseases usually progress slowly and rapid progression of atrophy is extremely rare. We report a case of elderly-onset rapid progression of hemifacial...

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Published inCase reports in dermatological medicine Vol. 2015; no. 2015; pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Sugiura, Makoto, Yokoyama, Tomoaki, Egami, Shohei, Nomura, Hisashi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2015
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Case Report
Dermatology
Laboratories
Tomography
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Summary:A lot of diseases, including lupus profundus, morphea, lipodystrophy, and Parry-Romberg syndrome, may manifest progressive hemifacial atrophy. These diseases usually progress slowly and rapid progression of atrophy is extremely rare. We report a case of elderly-onset rapid progression of hemifacial atrophy only in three weeks. Our case did not meet variable differential diagnoses. We discuss the clinical character of the patient against the past of literature and suppose it may be a new clinical entity.
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Academic Editor: Soner Uzun
ISSN:2090-6463
2090-6471
DOI:10.1155/2015/478640