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J AAPOS
December 2023
Department of Ophthalmology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California Irvine. Electronic address:
J Assoc Physicians India
December 2022
Ex-professor and HOD, Department of Medicine, Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
Background: Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a distressing, involuntary, irregular tonic-clonic contraction of the facial muscles innervated by the seventh cranial nerve. It affects the quality of life. Botulinum toxin is a preferred symptomatic treatment option for the condition.
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November 2021
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Rationale: Vestibular paroxysmia (VP) is characterized by spontaneous, recurrent, short, paroxysmal attacks of vertigo with or without tinnitus.
Patient Concerns: We report a case of paroxysmal recurrent vertigo accompanying clicking tinnitus on the left side in a 61-year-old patient. He had undergone microvascular decompression to treat the left-side hemifacial spasm 6 years prior.
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a movement disorder affecting the facial muscles and is primarily due to a lesion related to the seventh cranial nerve or the brainstem. In this case report, a 71-year-old man had a rare presentation of acute onset HFS due to non-ketotic hyperglycemia. Type 2 diabetes was diagnosed during hospital admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurol India
June 2021
Department of Neurosurgery, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Facial spasms are of various types. Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is characterized by unilateral tonic-clonic contractions of facial muscles, following a specific pattern of disease progression. It has well-delineated clinical, radiological and electrophysiological features.
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