Facies (medical)

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In medical contexts, a facies is a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with specific medical conditions.

It comes from the Latin word for "face".

As a fifth declension noun, "facies" can be both singular and plural.

Types

Examples include:

Hippocratic face (also known as "Hippocratic facies"; eyes are sunken, temples collapsed, nose is pinched with crusts on the lips and the forehead is clammy)

moon face (also known as "Cushingoid facies")

elfin facies - Williams syndrome

Potter facies - oligohydramnios

mask like facies - parkinsonism

Leonine facies - lepromatous leprosy

Mitral facies - mitral stenosis

Amiodarone facies (deep blue discoloration around malar area and nose)

Acromegalic facies - acromegaly

flat facies - Down's syndrome

Marfanoid facies - Marfan's syndrome

snarling facies - myasthenia gravis

Myotonic facies - myotonic dystrophy

torpid facies - myxoedema

mouse facies - chronic renal failure

plethoric facies - Cushing's syndrome and polycythemia vera

'bird-like' facies- Pierre Robin sequence

ashen grey facies - myocardial infarction

gargoyle facies - Hurler's syndrome

monkey facies - marasmus

hatchet facies - myotonia atrophica

gorilla-like face - acromegaly

bovine facies or cow face - craniofacial dysostosis or crouzons syndrome

marshall halls facies - hydrocephalus

frog face - intra nasal disease

Coarse facies - many inborn errors of metabolism

Adenoid facies - developmental facial traits caused by adenoid hypertrophy, nasal airway obstruction and mouthbreathing; really a form of long face syndrome.

Lion-like facies - involvement of craniofacial bones in Paget disease of Bone

References

Facies (medical) Wikipedia

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