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Parry-Romberg syndrome and sympathectomy--a coincidence?

Scope A, Barzilai A, Trau H, Orenstein A, Winkler E, Haik J.

Department of Dermatology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. astrauma@hotmail.com

Parry-Romberg syndrome is a clinical entity consisting of progressive hemifacial atrophy appearing at a young age. Animal studies indicate that sympathectomy can produce hemifacial atrophy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with a possible association between Parry-Romberg syndrome and thoracoscopic sympathectomy.

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PMID: 15186051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 