# Cecilio Romaña

> Cecilio Félix Romaña was an Argentine physician remembered for describing Romaña's sign, as he was the first to describe the phenomenon. Romaña's sign is a medical term for the unilateral painless periorbital swelling associated with the acute stage of Chagas' disease. Romaña's Sign should not be confused with a chagoma.

*Argentinian physician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Argentina
- **Born:** 1899
- **Died:** 1997
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Cecilio Félix Romaña was an Argentine physician remembered for describing Romaña's sign, as he was the first to describe the phenomenon. Romaña's sign is a medical term for the unilateral painless periorbital swelling associated with the acute stage of Chagas' disease. Romaña's Sign should not be confused with a chagoma.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.7

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