Asymmetric crying facies in an elderly, when a facial asymmetry is not a facial paralysis but a marker of possible congenital malformations: case report and review of the literature.

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Date publication

décembre 2022

Journal

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr NAMBOT Sophie , Pr THAUVIN-ROBINET Christel

Tous les auteurs :
Thomas Q, Morgant MC, Nambot S, Thauvin-Robinet C, Giroud M

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36456879

Résumé

Facial asymmetry when crying at birth (then called asymmetric crying facies or ACF) or when smiling or speaking loudly in adulthood is the consequence of the agenesis or hypoplasia of the muscle of one of the labial commissures. This developmental disorder of complex mechanism is well known by pediatricians to be a warning sign for underlying developmental disorders of variable severity.