Occurrence of facial asymmetry True symmetry cannot exist in nature. There is always a degree of asymmetry in everything. It can be so mild that it cannot be noticed or it can be severe enough to be easily noticeable. Every human face is slightly asymmetric. In most cases, it is barely perceptible and is not...
Read moreAsymmetry of face Correction by Internal Lower jaw Distraction Surgery (Simultaneous Maxilla and MandiblePatient with inability to open mouth following depressed zygoma fracture The patient is a middle-aged man from Hassan, Karnataka. He suffered a comminuted zygoma fracture from a road accident. Improper reduction elsewhere had left him with a depressed zygoma and trismus. The depressed zygoma led to facial asymmetry and impingement of the coronoid process. This...
Read moreRTA, Coronoid Zygoma Malunion, Trismus Corrective SurgeryMechanism of Parry Romberg syndrome explained Parry Romberg syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome of unknown origin. It causes progressive hemifacial atrophy. This is often sporadic in its course. It leads to shrinkage of tissues underneath the skin. Only one side of the face is often affected. It also rarely extends to other parts of...
Read moreParry Romberg’s Nose Lip and Chin Asymmetry Correction with Reduction RhinoplastyPatient with nasal asymmetry and sunken right eye presents for surgery The patient is a young man who presented to our hospital for nasal asymmetry correction. This was from a road traffic accident six months ago. The patient had already been first operated on elsewhere. That surgery had failed. He also complained of having a...
Read moreHistory of RTA, Asymmetry of the nose and enophthalmos Correction SurgeryPresentation of neurofibroma in this young man A neurofibroma is a benign nerve sheath tumour of the peripheral nervous system. This is an inherited disorder of the nervous system. It adds to the bulk of the tissues and can be very disfiguring and distressing to the patient. This causes facial asymmetry. Patient with neurofibroma presents...
Read moreNeurofibroma bulk reduction and asymmetry correctionPatient with residual facial deformity from old RTA correction surgery The patient is a young man who had suffered a zygomatico orbital fracture from a road accident. He had also suffered a depressed supraorbital bone fracture over his left orbit. This had happened in his hometown two years ago. He had undergone emergent surgery at...
Read moreRe-surgery of old zygomatico orbital fracture, chronic diplopia and asymmetry correctionPatient with masseter hypertrophy and excess lateral mandibular angle bone The patient is a young girl from Rajasthan. She began noticing the development of an asymmetry in her face at around 14 years of age. The right side angle of the mandible region was becoming bulkier as time went by. It reached the point where...
Read moreAsymmetry correction with angle of mandible reduction and masseter debulking surgery
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