Isolated facial myokymia and facial contracture: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging correlation
Merchut, M.P.; Biller, J.; Brumlik, J.; Azar-Kia, B.; Russell, E.J.
Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology 5(2): 120-123
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-846X PMID: 2947915 Document Number: 243932
Isolated facial myokymia with contracture can be the earliest manifestation of intrinsic lesions of the brainstem. We report a case of facial myokymia with contracture occurring as the result of a pontine glioma, as depicted on cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies. The rostral location of the tumor supports the supranuclear disinhibition hypothesis of facial myokymia.