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Line 23: \| deaths = }} In medical contexts, a '''facies''' is a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with a specific [[medical condition]].<ref name="M-W">{{cite web \|title=Definition of FACIES \|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facies \|website=www.merriam-webster.com \|access-date=4 February 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> The term comes from ~~the~~ [[Latin]] for "face".<ref name="urlDorlands Medical Dictionary:facies">{{cite web \|url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/three/000038177.htm \|title=Dorlands Medical Dictionary:facies \|accessdate=}}</ref> As a [[Latin declension#Fifth declension .28e.29\|fifth declension]] noun,<ref name="urlNOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION">{{cite web\|url=http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|title=NOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION \|access-date= \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065425/http://webpages.ursinus.edu/classics/Latin/nouns_fourthfifthdecl_forms.htm \|archive-date=2008-07-20 \|df= }}</ref> ''facies'' can be both singular and plural. ==Types== Line 29: * [[Hippocratic facies]] – eyes are sunken, temples collapsed, nose is pinched with crusts on the lips, and the forehead is clammy * [[Moon face]] (also known as "Cushingoid facies") – [[Cushing's syndrome]] * [[Elfin facies]] – [[Williams syndrome]], [[Donohue syndrome]] * [[Potter sequence\|Potter facies]] – [[oligohydramnios]] * [[Mask like facies]] – [[parkinsonism]] * [[Leonine facies]] – [[lepromatous leprosy]] or [[craniometaphyseal dysplasia]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/craniometaphyseal-dysplasia/\|title=Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)\|publisher=}}</ref> Line 49: * [[Hatchet facies]] – [[myotonia atrophica]] * [[Gorilla-like face]] – acromegaly * [[Bovine facies]] (or cow face) – [[craniofacial dysostosis]] or [[~~crouzon~~Crouzon syndrome]] * [[Marshall halls facies]] – [[hydrocephalus]] * [[Frog face]] – intranasal disease Line 56: * [[Lion-like facies]] – involvement of craniofacial bones in Paget disease of Bone * [[Chipmunk facies]] – [[beta thalassemia]] * [[Treacher Collins syndrome]] – deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin == Other disorders associated with syndromic facies == Line 61 ⟶ 62: * [[Pitt–Hopkins syndrome]] * [[Beta thalassemia]] is associated with distinctive facial features due to ineffective erythropoiesis. The ineffective erythropoiesis causes marrow hyperplasia or expansion and bony changes, including the bones of the face; ~~thus~~this ~~causing~~causes craniofacial protrusions.<ref name="Taher">{{cite journal \|last1=Taher \|first1=Ali T. \|last2=Musallam \|first2=Khaled M. \|last3=Cappellini \|first3=M. Domenica \|title=β-Thalassemias \|journal=New England Journal of Medicine \|date=25 February 2021 \|volume=384 \|issue=8 \|pages=727–743 \|doi=10.1056/NEJMra2021838}}</ref>▼ * [[Mowat–Wilson syndrome]] * [[Snijders Blok–Campeau syndrome]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics \|url=https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/snijders-blok-campeau-syndrome/ \|access-date=2022-07-20 \|website=medlineplus.gov \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome (Concept Id: C4748701) - MedGen - NCBI \|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/1648495 \|access-date=2022-07-20 \|website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov \|language=en}}</ref> ▲* [[Beta thalassemia]] is associated with distinctive facial features due to ineffective erythropoiesis. The ineffective erythropoiesis causes marrow hyperplasia or expansion and bony changes, including the bones of the face; thus causing craniofacial protrusions.<ref name="Taher">{{cite journal \|last1=Taher \|first1=Ali T. \|last2=Musallam \|first2=Khaled M. \|last3=Cappellini \|first3=M. Domenica \|title=β-Thalassemias \|journal=New England Journal of Medicine \|date=25 February 2021 \|volume=384 \|issue=8 \|pages=727–743 \|doi=10.1056/NEJMra2021838}}</ref> ==See also==