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J Postgrad Med
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1992 Jan-Mar; 38(1): 37-40, 40A-40B
Article
Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-115588
Résumé
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.
Sujets)
Adulte , Tumeurs du cerveau/physiopathologie , Tronc cérébral/physiopathologie , Irradiation crânienne , Électromyographie , Potentiels évoqués auditifs du tronc cérébral/physiologie , Muscles de la face/innervation , Fasciculation/physiopathologie , Femelle , Gliome/physiopathologie , Humains , Mâle , Tomodensitométrie
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J Postgrad Med
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1988 Oct; 34(4): 253-7
Article
Dans Anglais
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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
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-115598