Hemifacial spasm: the past, present and future

N Chaudhry, A Srivastava, L Joshi - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Hemifacial spasm is characterised by unilateral contractions of the facial muscles. Though
considered to be benign by many people, it can lead to functional blindness and a poor …

The many faces of hemifacial spasm: differential diagnosis of unilateral facial spasms

TC Yaltho, J Jankovic - Movement Disorders, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Hemifacial spasm is defined as unilateral, involuntary, irregular clonic or tonic movement of
muscles innervated by the seventh cranial nerve. Most frequently attributed to vascular loop …

[HTML][HTML] Movement disorders in multiple sclerosis: an update

R Ghosh, D Roy, S Dubey, S Das… - Tremor and Other …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS), a subset of chronic primary inflammatory demyelinating
disorders of the central nervous system, is closely associated with various movement …

The differential diagnosis of epilepsy: a critical review

S Benbadis - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
The wrong diagnosis of epilepsy is common. At referral epilepsy centers, psychogenic non-
epileptic attacks are by far the most common condition found to have been misdiagnosed as …

Hemifacial spasm and neurovascular compression

AY Lu, JT Yeung, JL Gerrard… - The scientific world …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is characterized by involuntary unilateral contractions of the
muscles innervated by the ipsilateral facial nerve, usually starting around the eyes before …

The superior cerebellar artery: variability and clinical significance

M Malicki, BM Szmyd, EJ Bobeff, FF Karuga… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The superior cerebellar artery (SCA) arises from the distal part of the basilar artery and
passes by the oculomotor, trochlear, and trigeminal nerves. SCA is known to play a crucial …

Hemifacial spasm

G Abbruzzese, A Berardelli, G Defazio - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2011 - Elsevier
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a peripherally induced movement disorder causing clonic or
tonic contractions of the facial muscles. HFS is usually unilateral and sporadic. It may be …

Imaging of vascular compression syndromes

JH Donahue, DA Ornan, S Mukherjee - Radiologic Clinics, 2017 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Vascular compression syndromes are a group of disorders in which direct cranial nerve
(CN) compression by blood vessels causes mechanical irritation and varying degrees of …

Botulinum toxin for the treatment of hemifacial spasm: an update on clinical studies

N Tambasco, M Filidei, P Nigro, L Parnetti, S Simoni - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary contractions of
the facial muscles innervated by the seventh cranial nerve. Generally, it is associated with a …

Botulinum toxin treatment of blepharospasm, orofacial/oromandibular dystonia, and hemifacial spasm

BI Karp, K Alter - Seminars in neurology, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary, repetitive eye closure.
Orofacial and oromandibular dystonia describe involuntary dystonic movements of orofacial …