Leonine facies refers to a facial resemblance to that of a lion.
Contributing lesions:
(1) skin lesions, primarily large and numerous plaques
(2) periosteal proliferation or other bony changes
(3) both
Conditions associated with facial skin lesions:
(1) leukemia cutis
(2) mastocytoma
(3) reticulohistiocytosis
(4) cutaneous lymphoma
(5) Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
(6) sarcoidosis
(7) pseudolymphoma
Bone disorders causing deformity (leontiasis ossea):
(1) Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans)
(2) fibrous dysplasia
(3) renal osteodystrophy
Both skin and bone disorders:
(1) lepromatous leprosy
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Specialty: Otolaryngology, Genetics
