Facies (medical)

Facies (medical)
	Facial abnormalities associated with Crouzon syndrome
Specialty	Medical genetics

In medical contexts, a facies is a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with specific medical conditions.

It comes from the Latin word for "face".[1]

As a fifth declension noun,[2] "facies" can be both singular and 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 - Williams syndrome
Potter facies - oligohydramnios
Mask like facies - parkinsonism
Leonine facies - lepromatous leprosy or craniometaphyseal dysplasia[3]
Mitral facies - mitral stenosis
Amiodarone facies (deep blue discoloration around malar area and nose)
Acromegalic facies - acromegaly
Flat facies - Down syndrome
Marfanoid facies - Marfan's syndrome
Snarling facies - myasthenia gravis
Myotonic facies - myotonic dystrophy
Torpid facies - myxoedema
Mouse facies - chronic renal failure
Plethoric facies - Cushing's syndrome and polycythemia vera
Bird facies - Pierre Robin sequence
Ashen grey facies - myocardial infarction
Gargoyle facies - Hurler's syndrome
Monkey facies - marasmus
Hatchet facies - myotonia atrophica
Gorilla-like face - acromegaly
Bovine facies or cow face - craniofacial dysostosis or crouzon syndrome
Marshall halls facies - hydrocephalus
Frog face - intranasal disease
Coarse facies - many inborn errors of metabolism
Adenoid facies - developmental facial traits caused by adenoid hypertrophy, nasal airway obstruction and mouthbreathing; really a form of long face syndrome.
Lion-like facies - involvement of craniofacial bones in Paget disease of Bone
Chipmunk facies - Beta thalassemia

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