Cortical silent period in a patient with focal epilepsy and Parry-Romberg syndrome.
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.
Aktekin
Berrin
B
Department of Neurology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, 07070 Antalya, Turkey. berrina@akdeniz.edu.tr
Oguz
Yurttaş
Y
Aydin
Hülya
H
Senol
Utku
U
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
D000927:Anticonvulsants