Case Report 9 - 7 Year Old Male with Progression to age 16
Possible Familial Link
Initial Symptoms: At 7 years of age, head was injured in fall from bicycle resulting in scraped left cheek and stitches to forehead. Approximately 6 months later, left side of face became thinner and teeth on affected side developed very shallow roots.
Progressive Symptoms: Left cheek has bruised appearance, atrophy of soft tissue, and cheek bones have thinned considerably.
Medications/Procedures: Sculptra and fat injections with temporary results.
Coral implant to bone of left cheek scheduled in near future. 11/2009
Father of child has recently shown signs of deep groove down one side of face and shrinking of same side of face after having teeth extracted for dentures.
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