title: On a case of early-onset post-traumatic facial hemispasm.
abstract: In a 49 year old woman an injury to the right frontotemporal region was quickly followed first by paresis and then by spasm of the right side of the face. The early onset of the spasm prompts a critical review of current views on the pathogenesis of facial spasm.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nervous and Mental Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acqui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mariorenzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amabile
mesh_terms: D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020220:Facial Nerve Injuries; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013035:Spasm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology