Hemimasticatory and hemifacial spasm: a common pathophysiology?
Thompson, P.D.; Carroll, W.M.
Clinical and Experimental Neurology 19: 110-119
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0196-6383 PMID: 6568919 Document Number: 216959
The case is described of a 60-year-old woman with a 4-year history of left hemimasticatory spasm. Detailed electrophysiological studies are compared with those from 6 patients with typical idiopathic hemifacial spasm. On the basis of comparable patterns of EMG activity in the 2 conditions, it is concluded that they may have both a common pathophysiology and a peripheral site of involvement.