Parry-Romberg syndrome: A possible association with Lyme borreliosis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Filipa Ventura1*, Joana Gomes1, Catarina Vilarinho1, Ana Paula Vieira1, José Carlos Fernandes1, Fernando Mota Garcia2 and Celeste Brito1
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Parry-Romberg syndrome or progressive facial hemiatrophy is a rare entity of unknown etiology characterized by unilateral atrophy of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and the underlying bony structures. A case of a 4-year-old girl with Parry-Romberg syndrome and borreliosis is reported. No sure link is established between these two entities but their coincident occurrence in our patient is noted
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Immunity Vol. 3(3), pp.36-39, March 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/JIDI ISSN 2141-2375 ©2011 Academic Journals Accepted 9 February, 2011
