TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-irradiation facial neuromyotonia/myokymia
T2 - A hemifacial spasm mimic
AU - Swinnen, B. E. K. S.
AU - Koelman, J. H. T. M.
AU - van Rootselaar, A. F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Hemifacial spasm is diagnosed on a clinical base, with certain atypical features alerting the physician for mimics. Phenomenology shown: Hemifacial neuromyotonia/myokymia characterized by tonic hemifacial contraction followed by multifocal undulating hemifacial twitches. Educational value: These features are a red flag for (post-irradiation) facial neuromyotonia/ myokymia which generally responds well to low dose carbamazepine.
AB - Background: Hemifacial spasm is diagnosed on a clinical base, with certain atypical features alerting the physician for mimics. Phenomenology shown: Hemifacial neuromyotonia/myokymia characterized by tonic hemifacial contraction followed by multifocal undulating hemifacial twitches. Educational value: These features are a red flag for (post-irradiation) facial neuromyotonia/ myokymia which generally responds well to low dose carbamazepine.
KW - Carbamazepine
KW - Hemifacial spasm
KW - Irradiation
KW - Myokymia
KW - Neuromyotonia
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.5334/TOHM.653
DO - https://doi.org/10.5334/TOHM.653
M3 - Article
C2 - 34692229
SN - 2160-8288
VL - 11
JO - Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.)
M1 - 36
ER -