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Facial Shape Deformation
Understanding face related symptoms and features.
Symptoms may affect multiple parts of the body. Understanding which part of the body a symptom affects, can help us to better understand the potential underlying causes of a symptom, including a rare disease or genetic syndrome.
The face contains the nose, eyes and mouth, all of which are sensory organs. The face also displays emotions and feelings and plays a crucial role in communication. The face runs from the forehead at the top, to the chin at the bottom and encompasses everything in between.
Symptoms affecting the face can for the most part be seen with the naked eye. Although diagnosing a face related symptom may involve different tests and assessments, both subjective and objective.
Symptoms relating to the face may affect its structure, shape and/ or function. Some features will affect just the appearance of the face while others may affect its ability to express emotions and to communicate non-verbally.
What is facial shape deformation?
Facial shape deformation is an unusual or distinctive formation of the face or one of its components. Facial shape deformation can be an important indicator of underlying genetic diseases or syndromes. However, this diagnosis also depends on other accompanying features.
It may also refer to an altered morphology of size and/or shape of the face due to mechanical forces.
What should I do next?
In some instances, facial shape deformation may be one of the features of a rare disease or genetic syndrome. In this case fast, targeted genetic analysis can give you a more accurate diagnosis.
Synonyms:
Facial shape compression, facial shape deformation, distortion of facial shape, abnormal morphology of the face, craniofacial dysmorphism, deformity of face, distinctive facies, distortion of face, dysmorphic facial features, dysmorphic facies, malformation of face, unusual facial appearance, unusual facies
HPO:
0011334
Optional syndromes:
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Facial shape compression, facial shape deformation, distortion of facial shape, abnormal morphology of the face, craniofacial dysmorphism, deformity of face, distinctive facies, distortion of face, dysmorphic facial features, dysmorphic facies, malformation of face, unusual facial appearance, unusual facies
HPO:
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0011334
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