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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb 12;5(3):209-212.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.11.015. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Adult-onset bilateral Parry-Romberg syndrome

Elizabeth Tkachenko  1 , Michael J Cunningham  2 , Patrick J O'Donnell  3 , Nikki A Levin  2
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Case Reports

Adult-onset bilateral Parry-Romberg syndrome

Elizabeth Tkachenko et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ECDS, en coup de sabre; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PRS, Parry-Romberg syndrome; en coup de sabre; lipodystrophy; morphea.

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Symmetrical subcutaneous fat loss of the cheeks, temples, forehead, and periorbital skin in a 59-year-old HIV-negative woman (A and B) with complete loss of peri-eccrine adipose tissue on punch biopsy of the left lesional cheek (C and D).
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