title: Cortical silent period in a patient with focal epilepsy and Parry-Romberg syndrome.
abstract: Progressive facial hemiatrophy (PFH), Parry-Romberg syndrome, is a rare disorder frequently associated with epilepsy. We describe a 28-year-old man who had PFH and partial epilepsy that was easily controlled with antiepileptic drugs. In accordance with this patient's benign course of seizures, the cortical silent period was prolonged in the symptomatic hemisphere. This finding may represent compensatory interictal mechanisms in epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, 07070 Antalya, Turkey. berrina@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Berrin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aktekin
authors.forename: Yurttaş
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguz
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Senol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants