title: Persistent facial myokymia: a rare pathognomic physical sign of intrinsic brain-stem lesions: report of 2 cases and review of literature.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Neurosurgery, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Mathad
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Mazarelo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vaidya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016371:Cranial Irradiation; D004576:Electromyography; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed