Author(s): Joseph B | Rajshekhar V
Journal: Neurology India
ISSN 0028-3886
Volume: 50;
Issue: 3;
Start page: 369;
Date: 2002;
Original page
Keywords: Diagnosis | Differential | Facial Nerve Diseases | diagnosis | etiology | Female | Human | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Middle Aged | Neuroma | Acoustic | complications | diagnosis
ABSTRACT
Facial myokymia is a rare presenting feature of a vestibular schwannoma. We present a 48 year old woman with a large right vestibular schwannoma, who presented with facial myokymia. It is postulated that facial myokymia might be due to a defect in the motor axons of the 7th nerve or due to brain stem compression by the tumor.
Journal: Neurology India
ISSN 0028-3886
Volume: 50;
Issue: 3;
Start page: 369;
Date: 2002;
Original page
Keywords: Diagnosis | Differential | Facial Nerve Diseases | diagnosis | etiology | Female | Human | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Middle Aged | Neuroma | Acoustic | complications | diagnosis
ABSTRACT
Facial myokymia is a rare presenting feature of a vestibular schwannoma. We present a 48 year old woman with a large right vestibular schwannoma, who presented with facial myokymia. It is postulated that facial myokymia might be due to a defect in the motor axons of the 7th nerve or due to brain stem compression by the tumor.
