Ochoa Syndrome: An Overlooked Diagnosis – A Case Report
Mário Nicolau Barros Jacobino,
Patrícia Barros Aquino Jacobino,
Matheus Saraiva Lopes
et al.
Abstract:The Urofacial Syndrome or Ochoa is a very rare clinical condition, being unknown by a large part of the medical community; it is characterized by an inverted facial expression, resulting from abnormal contraction of facial and ocular muscles, especially when smiling, in addition to the presence of urinary abnormalities. Patients with this syndrome are at a higher risk of developing urinary incontinence, changes in the bladder, vesicoureteral reflux, hydroureteronephrosis, predisposition to severe urinary infec… Show more
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