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Mona Lisa syndrome
Associated persons:
Sir Charles Bell
Mona Lisa
Description:
Facial muscle contracture that develops after Bell’s palsy when the facial nerves has undergone partial wallerian degeneration and has regenerated, manifested by a Mona Lisa-like smile. The accompanying synkinesis would explain many of the known facts surrounding the painting and is a classic example of Leonardo da Vinci as the compulsive anatomist who combined art and science.
See also Bells paralysis, a palsy of facial muscles, under Sir Charles Bell, Scottish anatomist, surgeon, and physiologist, 1774-1842.
Bibliography:
- K. K. Adour:
Mona Lisa syndrome: solving the enigma of the Gioconda smile.
Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, March 1989, 89 (3): 196-199.
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