É apresentado um exemplar de atrofia hemifacial progressiva com acometimento característico da hemiface direita. Concomitantemente, havia crises epilépticas dimidiadas à esquerda. O EEG mostrou depressão do ritmo à esquerda e lentificação à direita. Na TC havia atrofia à esquerda e hipercaptação frontal direita do contraste. O EMG mostrou lentificação na condução nervosa facial à direita. Comentários são feitos sobre os achados acima, bem como uma revisão da literatura.

A caracteristic case of hemifacial progressive atrophy at right is reported. The patient was a man with 45 year-old. There were epileptic crisis at left too. Alterations observed in clinical-neurological examination are referred. In computadorized tomographic axial examination there were parietotemporal atrophy at left and frontal contrast hipercaptation at right. In EEG there were lentification at right and depression at left who was in concordance with the pathological alterations of the patient: atrophy and cortical depression at left with facial atrophy at right and lentification and contrast hipercaptation at right with epileptic crisis at left. EMG showed facial velocity condution slowed at right. The authors believe in atrophy hemifacial progressive has been a disease which injuries central and peripheral nervous system at one time.