Publications

Authors:

Deluca, Cristina; Tommasi, Giorgio; Moretto, G.; Fiaschi, Antonio; Tinazzi, Michele

Title:

Focal motor seizures mimicking hemifacial spasm

Year:

2008

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

ISSN of journal:

1353-8020

N° Volume:

14

Number or Folder:

8

Page numbers:

649-651

Keyword:

Facial motor seizure; Facial myoclonus; Hemifacial spasm

Short description of contents:

A young female patient, who presented acutely with an unusual movement disorder characterized by hyperkinetic facial movements, was referred to us for hemifacial spasm. The only abnormality on neurological examination was myoclonus of the left perioral and bilateral periorbital muscles, exacerbated by mental tasks. A week later, the patient also presented two generalized tonic-clonic seizures on awakening and was successfully treated with antiepileptic drugs. Laboratory and neuroimaging investigations yielded normal findings. Although we were unable to identify a cortical generator, the concomitant occurrence of generalized seizures, the disappearance of symptoms after treatment and the topography of the myoclonus support an epileptic origin of this myoclonus.

Web page:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.12.005

Product ID:

47195

Handle IRIS:

11562/315456

Last Modified:

December 2, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Deluca, Cristina; Tommasi, Giorgio; Moretto, G.; Fiaschi, Antonio; Tinazzi, Michele, Focal motor seizures mimicking hemifacial spasm «PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS» , vol. 14 , n. 8 , 2008 , pp. 649-651

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