Andy Gump Deformity

Named after a character in an early 20th-century comic strip who had an altered facial profile due to a missing lower jawbone, or mandible. The character was likely modeled after a patient who had undergone an early surgery for head and neck cancer that involved the removal of the lower jaw. Not only did patients have a different facial profile as the result of such a surgery, but they also had problems with eating and drooling.