Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography in Parry-Romberg syndrome

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Apr;29(4):714-5. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0967. Epub 2008 Jan 17.

Abstract

We report a case of Parry-Romberg syndrome in a 32-year-old woman presenting with intermittent headache and mild sensory disturbance. MR imaging revealed minimal asymmetric atrophy of the right hemisphere with a few nonspecific white matter hyperintensities. Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography, however, demonstrated clear fiber derangement, especially in the sensory tract of the right cerebral white matter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / diagnosis
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neurons, Afferent / pathology
  • Pyramidal Tracts / pathology