title: Blepharospasm in a patient with pontine capillary telangiectasia.
abstract: Blepharospasm is rarely due to an identifiable etiology. In the majority of cases, imaging fails to reveal any structural lesion. Here we describe an otherwise healthy patient with blepharospasm who was found to have pontine capillary telangiectasia. We propose a potential association between blepharospasm and pontine capillary telangiectasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94117, USA. aubrey.gilbert@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Aubrey L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009465:Neuromuscular Agents; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A