title: Facial myokymia associated with an isolated lesion of the facial nucleus.
abstract: We report on a patient with transient facial myokymia. He had an isolated lesion of the right facial nucleus in the pontine tegmentum. Facial myokymia is a rare symptom and its pathogenesis is not known. Our case had a very localized lesion and we attempted to determine the case of the facial myokymia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8677.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoritaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology