A case of bilateral alternating hemifacial spasms.
We report a 24-year old woman who developed bilateral hemifacial spasm alternating from one side to the other. The spasms followed a left peripheral facial palsy 2 years previously. This unusual type of bilateral hemifacial spasm was possibly due to lesions of multiple sclerosis in the brainstem.
van de Biezenbos
J B
JB
Institute of Neurology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Horstink
M W
MW
van de Vlasakker
C J
CJ
van Engelen
B G
BG
van Eikema Hommes
O R
OR
Barkhof
F
F
D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology