These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Severe bilateral pyramidal tract involvement in a patient with Parry-Romberg syndrome.
    Author: Miao J, Liu R, Lin H, Su C, Li H, Lei G, Liu Y, Zhang W, Li Z.
    Journal: Am J Med Sci; 2009 Mar; 337(3):212-4. PubMed ID: 19174689.
    Abstract:
    Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) is a rare clinical entity of unknown etiology, generally characterized by a slow and progressive atrophy that affects 1 side of the face. A variety of neurologic abnormalities have been shown to coexist with PRS. However, few studies regarding pyramidal tract involvement in this disorder have been reported. We report a unique case, in which the patient presented with bilateral pyramidal tract insult and an unusual sequence of disease onset and progression. This case suggests a rarer variant of PRS, and the neurologic findings indicate that the underlying essential neural degeneration may contribute to the processing of pyramidal tract insult or this syndrome.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]