title: A case of bilateral alternating hemifacial spasms.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: van de Biezenbos
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Horstink
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: van de Vlasakker
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: van Engelen
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: van Eikema Hommes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barkhof
mesh_terms: 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