title: Facial myokymia as a presenting symptom of vestibular schwannoma.
abstract: Facial myokymia is a rare presenting feature of a vestibular schwannoma. We present a 48 year old woman with a large right vestibular schwannoma, who presented with facial myokymia. It is postulated that facial myokymia might be due to a defect in the motor axons of the 7th nerve or due to brain stem compression by the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajshekhar
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*