Hemifacial spasm
The study found that 77% of hemifacial spasm is due to primary hemifacial spasm and 23% is due to secondary hemifacial spasm. ... Hemifacial spasm is much more common in some Asian populations. Several families with hemifacial spasm have been reported, ... There is no known way to prevent hemifacial spasm. Mild cases of hemifacial spasm may be managed with sedation or carbamazepine ... There are several tests done to diagnose hemifacial spasm. Diagnosing a case of hemifacial spasm begins with a complete ...
Trigeminal neuralgia
"Trigeminal Neuralgia and Hemifacial Spasm" (PDF). UF Health Shands Hospital. November 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Bayer DB, ...
Robert Wartenberg
Wartenberg, Robert (1952). Hemifacial Spasm A Clinical and Pathophysiological Study. Oxford University Press. Wartenberg, ...
Michael Jeffrey Aminoff
Yoshimura, DM; Aminoff, MJ; Tami, TA; Scott, AB (1992). "Treatment of hemifacial spasm with botulinum toxin". Muscle and Nerve ...
Aage Møller
These studies also improved the outcome of operations for hemifacial spasm. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Møller was one ... Møller, Aage R.; Jannetta, Peter J. (1984). "On the origin of synkinesis in hemifacial spasm: Results of intracranial ... Møller found evidence that the spasm was created by the facial motor nucleus probably through the process of activation of ... that were exposed during neurosurgical operations to study the pathophysiology of a disorder known as hemifacial spasm. ...
John H. Sampson
... microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm, pituitary tumors, complex skull-base tumors; radiosurgery; evaluation and ...
Meige's syndrome
Hemifacial Spasm, and Meige Syndrome". American Journal of Ophthalmology. 156 (1): 173-177.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2013.02.001. ... The Greek word blepharon means "eyelid". Spasm means "uncontrolled muscle contraction". The term blepharospasm ['blef-a-ro-spaz ... The spasms may cause the mouth to pull open, shut tight, or move repetitively. Speech and swallowing may be distorted. It is ... Botulinum toxin injections can be helpful for the blepharospasm and for masseter spasm. Mogigraphia synd/547 at Who Named It? ...
Mark A Gillman
Sleep 9: 370-371 Gillman MA, Sandyk R(1984) Hemifacial spasm - successful treatment with Baclofen. S Afr Med J 65: 502 Gillman ...
Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
Hemifacial Spasm, and Bell's Palsy". Neurosurgery. 67 (2): 431-434. doi:10.1227/01.NEU.0000372088.18260.B1. PMID 20644430. ...
Édouard Brissaud
Brissaud-Sicard syndrome - is "hemiparesis and contralateral hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman's ...
Hyperkinesia
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is characterized by involuntary contraction of facial muscles, typically occurring only on one side of ... Like blepharospasm, the frequency of contractions in hemifacial spasm may range from intermittent to frequent and constant. The ... Cervical dystonia (CD) or spasmodic torticollis is characterized by muscle spasms of the head and neck, which may be painful ...
Ipsen
... hemifacial spasm; spasticity: spasticity of the upper or lower limb, dynamic deformation of the equine foot). This drug is also ... In 1994, the group launched Dysport (type A botulinum toxin for the treatment of muscle spasms) after acquiring the British ...
Botulinum toxin
In December 1989, Botox was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of strabismus, blepharospasm, and hemifacial spasm in ... spasms of the head and neck, eyelid, vagina, limbs, jaw, and vocal cords. Similarly, botulinum toxin is used to relax the ...
Myoclonic dystonia
... and peripheral myoclonus has symptoms of rhythmic jerks due to a neuron-the most common being the hemifacial spasm. Dystonia is ... Antiepileptics like valproate must act upon GABA receptors and manipulate ionic conductance to reduce tremors and spasms in ... Other symptoms can include tremors and muscle spasms due to various interactions of muscle, contractions and movement. Dystonia ...
List of MeSH codes (C23)
... spasm MeSH C23.888.592.608.750.400 - hemifacial spasm MeSH C23.888.592.608.750.700 - trismus MeSH C23.888.592.608.875 - tetany ...
List of neurological conditions and disorders
... cell leukodystrophy Gray matter heterotopia Guillain-Barré syndrome Head injury Headache Hemicrania Continua Hemifacial spasm ... Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome Primary lateral sclerosis Prion diseases Progressive hemifacial ... Hypoesthesia Hypoxia Immune-mediated encephalomyelitis Inclusion body myositis Incontinentia pigmenti Infantile spasms ...
Edward Chang (neurosurgeon)
... as well as micro-neurosurgery for treating cranial nerve disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. In 2020, ...
Microvascular decompression
... and hemifacial spasm. The procedure is also used experimentally to treat tinnitus and vertigo caused by vascular compression on ...
List of MeSH codes (C10)
... spasm MeSH C10.597.613.750.400 - hemifacial spasm MeSH C10.597.613.750.700 - trismus MeSH C10.597.613.875 - tetany MeSH C10.597 ... spasms, infantile MeSH C10.228.140.490.380 - epilepsy, post-traumatic MeSH C10.228.140.490.450 - epilepsy, reflex MeSH C10.228. ...
HFS
... in Greece Hemifacial spasm, a neurologic disorder High fructose syrup Hospitality Franchise Systems, later Cendant HFS Morgan, ...
Dextroscope
... in cases of trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm) - meningiomas (convexity, falcine or parasagittal) - ependymomas or ...
Intracranial dolichoectasias
Vertebrobasillar dolichoectasia Hemifacial spasm Paresis Trigeminal neuralgia Internal carotid dolichoectasia Progressive ...
Neuro-ophthalmology
... and botulinum injections for blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm. At the turn of the 20th century, there was no textbook in the ... and hemifacial spasm). The largest international society of neuro-ophthalmologists is the North American Neuro-Ophthalmological ...
Hyperglycemia
... hemifacial spasm, and Holmes tremor Frequent hunger without other symptoms can also indicate that blood sugar levels are too ...
Alan B. Scott
... facial muscles for hemifacial spasm, and limb muscles for dystonia (sustained muscle spasm), all as predicted in Scott's 1973 ... Botox injection can relieve the spasms, but leave patients unable to open their eyes or keep them open. Surgical lid elevation ... Botox, dubbed "medicine's answer to duct tape", has been found to be effective for muscle spasms and contractures, severe ... Andrew Koman of Wake Forest University in North Carolina pioneered its use to treat pediatric leg spasm in cerebral palsy. ...
Cricothyroid muscle
Hemifacial Spasm, Spasmodic Dysphonia, and Stuttering", Botulinum Toxin, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 112-130, doi:10.1016/ ...
Aaron Cohen-Gadol
... trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. He developed minimally invasive endoscopic techniques that allow a surgeon to remove ...
Blepharospasm
Essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm: characteristic of the patient, botulinum toxin A treatment and literature review ... The spells of spasming may last for minutes or even hours Uncontrollable contractions or twitches of the eye muscles and ... Excessive blinking and spasming of one or both eyes - characterized by uncontrollable eyelid closure of durations longer than ... The device is particularly helpful controlling an episode of severe spasm when the carrying out of specific tasks is necessary ...
Parry-Romberg syndrome
... "progressive hemifacial atrophy" in 1871. Hemifacial microsomia List of skin conditions Trigeminal trophic syndrome Sharma M, ... The seizures are typically Jacksonian in nature (characterized by rapid spasms of a muscle group that subsequently spread to ... Progressive hemifacial atrophy; Parry-Romberg syndrome at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases (CS1 German-language sources (de), ... parry_romberg at NINDS Leäo M, da Silva ML (December 1994). "Progressive hemifacial atrophy with agenesis of the head of the ...