title: Progressive hemifacial atrophy: report of three cases, including one observed over 43 years, and computed tomographic findings.
abstract: Three cases of progressive hemifacial atrophy were studied. In two patients, abnormalities were noted on the computed tomographic (CT) brain scan, whereas a third patient, with widespread cutaneous and neurologic involvement, had a normal CT scan. Patient 1, first described 44 years ago, had a neurologic disorder with features that have previously been associated with progressive hemifacial atrophy, but that have appeared years after the hemifacial atrophy ceased progression.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed