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J Postgrad Med
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1992 Jan-Mar; 38(1): 37-40, 40A-40B
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-115588
ABSTRACT
Characteristically continuous facial myokymia is a pathognomonic, exceedingly rare physical sign of intrinsic brain-stem lesions e.g. multiple sclerosis (where the myokymia lasts only for a few months), pontine glioma (where it is unremitting for years). The physiopathogenesis is unclear. Electromyographic patterns are characteristic. Therapy and prognosis are related to the basic aetio-pathological process. Only two out of 132 cases of intrinsic brain-stem lesions in the department of Neurosurgery, Seth G.s. Medical College, Bombay over a period of 3 decades, exemplify its rarity. These two cases are reported here and the relevant literature is reviewed.
Subject(s)
Adult , Brain Neoplasms/physiopathology , Brain Stem/physiopathology , Cranial Irradiation , Electromyography , Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/physiology , Facial Muscles/innervation , Fasciculation/physiopathology , Female , Glioma/physiopathology , Humans , Male , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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J Postgrad Med
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1988 Oct; 34(4): 253-7
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-116032
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J Postgrad Med
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1988 Jul; 34(3): 176-9
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-115598