Open AccessCongenital hemihyperplasia with hemipigmentation: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Major Vishal Arora,
Major Sanjay Choubey,
M. Saikia,
Shivani Fotedar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.155161
Subject(s) - confusion , medicine , trunk , presentation (obstetrics) , lesion , population , pediatrics , surgery , psychology , psychoanalysis , ecology , environmental health , biology
Hemihyperplasia is a heterogenous group of disorders characterized by asymmetric limb growth. Confusion regarding their classification and ascertainment into various syndromes still exists. Subtle, asymmetric variation of the unilateral structures of the head, face, trunk or extremities may occur in the general population in the absence of any local lesion or condition.