Definition:
Parry-Romberg syndrome is also sometimes called Romberg syndrome. This is a rare and incurable craniofacial disorder. The characteristics of which is slow atrophy of the muscle under the skin covering usually half of the face area usually occuring to females between the age group from 5 to 15.
Diagnosis:
Diagnosis can be done through laboratory tests and involves taking samples of the tissue affected.
Treatment:
Parry-Romberg syndrome is an incurable disorder so there is no cure or treatments developed that can stop Parry-Romberg syndrome from progressing. Surgery to reconstruct damaged tissues may be needed.
Symptoms and Signs:
Parry-Romberg syndrome manifest symptoms, which includes severe facial pain and seizures. There are also some facial changes involving the tissues found above the upper jaw or the maxilla or in the nasolabial fold or the area in between the nose and the corner of the upper lip. This will soon progress to other parts near until all the parts of the face have been damaged..
Causes:
The cause of this disease has not quite been explained in details yet but it has something to do with tissue development in the face of the patient.
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