[Facial hemiatrophy--Romberg's disease]

Author present a care of acquired facial hemiatrophy--Romberg's disease, a sporadic disease of unclear etiology characterized by shrinking and deformation of one side of face, including superficial facial tissues, subcutaneous tissues, fatty tissue, musculature, cartilage and bones. The principle etiopahogenetic hypothesis suggests that Romberg's disease is the consequence of central and peripheral alterations in the sympathetic nervous system. The disease was first described by Romberg in 1846, and in 1963 Roger gave a detailed description and analysis of 1035 cases. In this study authors presented the latest information form literature (magnetic resonance image, biochemical investigations, experimental model of a sympathectomy at animals). A case of a patient treated with great number of available methods: computerized tomography, X-ray, Doppler spectral analyze, termovision, electromyography, electroencephalography, evoked visual potentials, brainstem's evoked potential is shown.