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Facial Nerve Diseases

Adour, K.K., Zaaroor, M. et al., Jacobs, L. et al., Matsumura, R. et al., Lucier, E. et al.

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Disease relevance of Facial Nerve Diseases

OBJECTIVE: To attempt to identify the site of the lesion causing continuous facial myokymia (CFM) in multiple sclerosis (MS) through the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [1].
Experience with treating more than 400 cases of Antoni's palsy, the findings of autoimmune reaction, and recent gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging reports in "idiopathic" Bell's palsy verify the hypothesis that the disease results from a viral geniculate ganglionitis [2].

High impact information on Facial Nerve Diseases

Use of gabapentin in a case of facial neuritis [3].
RESULTS: Cats receiving injection of kainic acid adjacent to facial nucleus all developed spontaneous writhing movements of the face ipsilateral to the injection site, clinically resembling facial myokymia in humans [4].
DNA analysis for the MJD mutation was clearly useful for making an accurate diagnosis in patients without bulging eyes, facial myokymia, dystonia or marked spasticity [5].

References

The lesion causing continuous facial myokymia in multiple sclerosis. Jacobs, L., Kaba, S., Pullicino, P. Arch. Neurol. (1994) [Pubmed]
Medical management of idiopathic (Bell's) palsy. Adour, K.K. Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. (1991) [Pubmed]
Use of gabapentin in a case of facial neuritis. Lucier, E., Franm, L. Anesth. Analg. (1997) [Pubmed]
Experimental facial myokymia in cat. Zaaroor, M., Starr, A. Acta neurologica Scandinavica. (1997) [Pubmed]
The relationship between trinucleotide repeat length and phenotypic variation in Machado-Joseph disease. Matsumura, R., Takayanagi, T., Fujimoto, Y., Murata, K., Mano, Y., Horikawa, H., Chuma, T. J. Neurol. Sci. (1996) [Pubmed]

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