title: Parry-Romberg syndrome combined with hemifacial spasm: association or chance event?
abstract: Parry-Romberg syndrome or progressive facial hemiatrophy is a rare clinical entity of an unknown etiology. We present the case of a 57-year-old Chinese woman with Parry-Romberg syndrome and hemifacial spasm both on the right side. Its association was not reported before. In our report of Parry-Romberg syndrome with hemifacial spasm, we try to explore whether there were some relations between the 2 diseases. We found an offending vessel compressing the root exit zone of the facial nerve and no evidence of vessel compression at ipsilateral trigeminal nerve motor rootlet.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zhang
authors: Z
authors: Wei-Feng
authors: Zhang
authors: Z
authors: Yi-Bo
authors: Zhu
authors: Z
authors: Jun
authors: Zhao
authors: Z
authors: Wei-Guo
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004576:Electromyography; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D019569:Hemifacial Spasm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome