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Original Article

Parry-Romberg Syndrome and Sympathectomy—A Coincidence?
Scope A, Barzilai A, Trau H, Orenstein A, Winkler E, Haik J
Cutis. 2004;73:343-344, 346.
Parry-Romberg syndrome is a clinical entity consisting of progressive hemifacial atrophy appearing at a young age. Animal studies indicate that sympathectomy can produce hemifacial atrophy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with a possible association between Parry-Romberg syndrome and thoracoscopic sympathectomy.

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