The case of a 36-year-old man who sought treatment of right facial myokymia and spastic paretic facial contracture is reported. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tumor located in the right cerebellar peduncle and the right dorsal pons bulging into the fourth ventricle.
Pathologic examination in a case of facial myokymia showed edema and mild astroglial proliferation of the ipsilateral seventh nerve nucleus; gliomatous tumor involvement occurred rostral to this nucleus. These findings give circumstantial support to functional deafferentation as the cause of facial
A 31-year-old woman developed right facial myokymia as the initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS). An MRI scan revealed a focal signal abnormality confined to the left dorsolateral pontomedullary region. Brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs),
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