Facial myokymia caused by pontine lesions and central fever in multiple sclerosis--case report
Gold, R.; Kappos, L.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 80(47): 1327-1329
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 1957099 Document Number: 371988
We report on a 35-year old patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) with clinically and electrophysiologically typical facial myokymia, appearing during an acute bout of the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed two new pontine lesions. During a follow-up period of eight months facial myokymia subsided, but five months later central fever with good therapeutic response to carbamazepine developed. In this report we discuss the potential mechanisms of myokymia and central temperature dysregulation in MS.