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Intractable focal epilepsy contralateral to the side of facial atrophy in Parry-Romberg syndrome.
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PMID:  21647628     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report an unusual case of Parry-Romberg syndrome in which medically refractory focal epilepsy with ongoing epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) arose from the hemisphere contralateral to the side of facial atrophy. Unilateral cerebral involvement was confirmed by multi-modal brain imaging, as well as by electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). While in many cases of Parry-Romberg syndrome, the side of cerebral involvement is ipsilateral to that of the cutaneous lesion, these "discordant" exceptions imply that other yet undefined mechanisms may be responsible for the distribution of the cutaneous and cerebral pathologies.
Authors:
Yosuke Kakisaka; Norman K So; Stephen E Jones; Zhong I Wang; John C Mosher; Andreas V Alexopoulos; Richard C Burgess
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-6-7
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1590-3478     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-6-7     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100959175     Medline TA:  Neurol Sci     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
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