Facies (medical)

In medical contexts, facies are distinctive facial expressions associated with specific medical conditions.

Facies (medical)

It comes from the Latin word for "face".

As a fifth declension noun, "facies" can refer to the singular or plural.

Types

Examples include:

• Hippocratic face (also known as "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")
• elfin facies - william's syndrome
• Potter facies - oligohydramnios
• [mask like facies]] - parkinsonism
• Leonine facies - leprosy
• Mitral facies
• Amiodarone facies (deep blue discoloration around malar area and nose)
• Acromegalic facies
• Down syndrome
• Marfanoid facies - marfan's syndrome
• Myopathic facies
• Myotonic facies
• Myxoedematous facies
• Pagetic facies
• Rickets
• Thyrotoxic facies
• Turner's syndrome
• Uraemic facies
• Virile facies
• plethoric facies (ruddy or flushed)
• 'bird-like' facies (classically of scleroderma)

External links

• wikt:facies