title: Hemifacial atrophy secondary to poliomyelitis.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman is presented with hemifacial atrophy due to unilateral bulbar poliomyelitis infection. Although bulbar poliomyelitis is not an uncommon disease, it is rarely a cause of hemifacial asymmetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Theagenion Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Antoniades
authors.forename: T h
authors.initials: Th
authors.lastname: Giannouli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vahtsevanos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D011052:Poliomyelitis, Bulbar / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014278:Trigeminal Nuclei / Q000473:pathology