Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery  2017;23(3):159-163

doi:10.14730/aaps.2017.23.3.159

Aesthetic Correction of Severe Facial Asymmetry in a Deformational Plagiocephaly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Jae Yeon PARK 1 ; Hyo Joong KIM ; Seil LEE ; Sung Gyun JUNG

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Keywords

Blepharoplasty; Facial asymmetry; Nonsynostotic; Plagiocephaly

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

Deformational plagiocephaly (DP) (also referred to as positional plagiocephaly) has long posed challenges for plastic surgeons because it is difficult to differentiate from several other diseases, such as unilateral coronal synostosis, hemifacial microsomia, and unilateral lambdoidal craniosynostosis. These diseases can actually masquerade as DP or vice versa. Only in recent years has the differential diagnosis among these diseases become possible through improved imaging modalities, such as computed tomography, and a greater understanding of their pathophysiology. Herein, we report a rather rare, yet severe, form of DP that can easily be confused with the aforementioned diseases.