Teratology refers to disfiguring birth defects or malformations. Although it may be disfiguring, cutaneous sarcoidosis rarely causes major problems. She still carries a disfiguring scar from the incident. Observation is acceptable if the lesions are neither symptomatic nor disfiguring. Cystic hygromas are benign, but can be disfiguring. The Anti-Monitor was able to counter the vicious attack, permanently disfiguring the face of Scar. Smallpox was contagious, disfiguring, and often deadly. It may be disfiguring and is frequently fatal. Facial angiofibromas occur in 80% of patients with TSC, and the condition is very disfiguring. Unlike the capillary hemangiomas, cavernous ones can be disfiguring and do not tend to regress. Both buildings explode, killing Rachel and disfiguring Dent. She purposely crashes the car, killing herself and drastically disfiguring David. Hartman also shoots Jackson in the face, disfiguring him. Tombstone was sent to kill Josephine, but ends up disfiguring her instead.