title: Referred facial sensation on the hand after full face transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using a single patient case study, we aimed to look at the interaction between full face transplantation and subsequent somatosensory representation in the cortex.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a patient with full face transplantation who has recovered primary sensory modalities. The patient also has facial sensations such as touch perception in sensory examinations of the hands and fingers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  fMRI findings show interactions between the cortical representations of the face and hand.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This phenomenon is one of the well-known referred sensations and reveals how face transplantation relates to cortical plasticity.
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey. uysalh@akdeniz.edu.tr.
authors: Hilmi
authors: H
authors: Uysal
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Özlenen
authors: Ö
authors: Özkan
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Ebru
authors: E
authors: Barçın
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Utku
authors: U
authors: Şenol
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Kadriye
authors: K
authors: Tombak
authors: From the Departments of Neurology (H.U., E.B.), Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Özlenen Özkan, Ömer Özkan), Radiology (U.Ş.), and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (K.T.), Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Ömer
authors: Ö
authors: Özkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054445:Facial Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D053591:Referred Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*