Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement.
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.
Sathornsumetee
Sith
S
Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Schanberg
Laura
L
Rabinovich
Egla
E
Lewis
Darrell
D
Weisleder
Pedro
P
D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*