Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement

Sith Sathornsumetee; Laura Schanberg; Egla Rabinovich; Darrell Lewis Jr; Pedro Weisleder

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.10.026

Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement

J Pediatr. 2005 Mar;146(3):429-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.10.026.

Authors

Sith Sathornsumetee¹, Laura Schanberg, Egla Rabinovich, Darrell Lewis Jr, Pedro Weisleder

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

PMID: 15756237
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.10.026

Abstract

We report the case of a 4 year-old boy with Parry-Romberg syndrome who had intractable seizures, progressive cerebral hemisphere atrophy, and fatal brain stem involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrophy
Brain / pathology
Brain Stem / pathology*
Child, Preschool
Facial Hemiatrophy / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Scleroderma, Localized / pathology
Seizures / etiology*