Abstract
Asymmetry of facial movements in a newborn infant suggests seventh nerve palsy due to birth trauma or congenital malformation.
An infant whose face appears asymmetrical at rest yet whose mouth is pulled downward to one side when crying is said to have an “Asymmetric crying facies”.
In a 5-months-old baby boy.
We noted the total absence of the right radius, the radial deviation of the wrist combined with curvature of the ulna, the shortness of the forearm, hypoplastic thumb, asymmetry of the auricles and when he cried, the left corner of the mouth drew left and downward.
We have performed corrective surgery of the wrist deformity.
