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
Mitral facies – mitral stenosis
Amiodarone facies (deep blue discoloration around malar
area and nose)
Acromegalic facies – acromegaly
flat facies – Down’s 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-like’ 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
crouzons syndrome
marshall halls facies – hydrocephalus
frog face – intra nasal 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 .
