R. Roddi et al., PROGRESSIVE HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY - HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ACTUAL FEATURERELATED TO A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF FACIAL HYPOPLASIA AND ATROPHY, European journal of plastic surgery, 17(4), 1994, pp. 178-183
Progressive hemifacial atrophy, described initially by Parry and Rombe
rg, is reviewed in terms of etiopathogenesis and clinical features. Th
e purpose is to clarify the variegated nature of this syndrome and to
distinguish it from other forms of atrophy affecting the face, princip
ally the soft tissues. The authors propose a new general classificatio
n of hypoplasia and atrophy of the face.