title: [Blink reflex and jaw reflex in neurinoma of the acoustic and trigeminal nerves (author's transl)].
abstract: The blink reflex was studied in four patients with neurinoma of the acoustic nerve and in two patients with trigeminal neurinoma. It was abnormal in all cases except in one neurinoma of the acoustic nerve inside the canal. The jaw reflex, studied in four cases, showed unilateral impairment in two cases of trigeminal neurinoma and one case of acoustic neurinoma; it was normal in the case of acoustic neurinoma in the canal. The blink reflex and jaw reflex merit inclusion among the further tests conducted in cases of suspected neurinoma of the trigeminal or acoustic nerves. However, they are of less interest than oto-vestibular tets in the early diagnosis of neurinoma of the eighth nerve. These techniques deserve a place of choice in investigations of atypical facial neuralgia in general and suspected neurinoma of the trigeminal in particular.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001767:Blinking; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009434:Neural Pathways; D009463:Neuroma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012018:Reflex; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve
vernacular_title: La réflexe de clignement et le réflexe massétérin au cours des neurinomes de l'accoustique et du trijumeau. Discussion de l'intérêt diagnostique de ces techniques.