title: Parry-Romberg syndrome with hemimasticatory spasm in pregnancy; A dystonia mimic.
abstract: Parry-Romberg syndrome (PRS) with hemimasticatory spasm (HMS) is quite an uncommon overlapping phenomenon which very often mimics jaw closing dystonia. A previously healthy 35-year-old female, during her 5(th) month of pregnancy started developing intermittent unilateral painful spasms of jaw while conversation, clinching of teeth, or eating, which led to frequent tongue bites. The spasms were worsened during pregnancy. She used to do certain manoeuvre like sensory tricks in form of touching involved side of the face to relieve the symptoms. Apart from this, she developed progressive hemifacial and hemitongue atrophy. Other medical and neurological examinations were normal. Laboratory investigations as well as neuroimaging were noncontributory. The spasm responded to carbamazepine but hemifacial atrophy persists. To our best knowledge, onset and worsening of this syndrome in pregnancy has not been described earlier which might be correlated either with some hormonal imbalance or some unknown mechanisms.
authors: Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors: Akhila Kumar
authors: AK
authors: Panda
authors: Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors: Godhavarma
authors: G
authors: Gopinath
authors: Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.
authors: Shaily
authors: S
authors: Singh
keywords: Hemimasticatory spasm; Parry-Romberg syndrome; hemifacial spasm; jaw dystonia