title: [Detection and stimulus-detection electromyography (EMG), blink-reflex and trigeminal (V2 and V3) somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in peripheral facial paralyses induced by cold. Importance of the systematic use of V SSEP in facial paralyses induced by cold].
abstract: Thirty-six patients afflicted with cold-induced peripheral facial paralysis were examined by classical detection and stimulus-detection E.M.G. methods (Blink Reflex) complemented by V (V2, V3) S.E.P. These examinations were carried out 4 to 7 weeks after the deficiency set in. Detection and stimulus-detection E.M.G. is the best method of confirming clinical diagnosis of peripheral facial paralysis. If there is the slightest sign of Charles Bell, the Blink-Reflex is an excellent confirmation test. S.E.P. of the V allows infra-clinical damage to the nerve to be discerned in 45% of the cases. The cause of this damage is a subject of debate.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Explorations Fonctionnelles du système Nerveux, Clinique Neurologique du C.H.U. de Fann, Dakar.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diagne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ndiaye/Niang
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
mesh_terms: D001767:Blinking; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012021:Reflex, Abnormal
vernacular_title: Electromyographie (E.M.G.) de détection et de stimulo-détection, blinck-reflex et potentiels évoqués somesthesiques (P.E.S.) du trijumeau (V2 et V3) dans les paralysies faciales périphériques à frigorae. Intérêt de la pratique systématique des P.E.S. du V dans les paralysies faciales périphériques à frigorae.