title: [Parry-Romberg syndrome: a form of focal vasculitis].
abstract: The Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS), which was described many years ago, is a process of unknown etiology which evolves with invalidating lesions in one half of the face to which different neurologic, cutaneous or analytical abnormalities may be associated. A clinical, analytical and radiologic study of 5 patients in whom intracranial lesions were shown are herein presented. These findings, together with alterations in the cutaneous biopsies reported in the literature lead to the hypothesis that PRS may be due to a neurovascular alteration of immunologic basis, indicating antiinflammatory or immunosuppressive treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Regional Carlos Haya, Málaga.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Barrionuevo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: El síndrome de Parry-Romberg: una forma de vasculitis focal.