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Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain–Barré Syndrome

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

Volume 8 (2018): Issue 0

By: Zain Guduru, John Morgan and Kapil Sethi

Open Access

|Apr 2018

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Bilateral Facial Spasm. Segment 1. Involuntary contraction of bilateral lower facial muscles when she is blinking her eyes (synkinesis), which are not simultaneous and are asynchronous on both the sides (there are a few very brief instances of contractions limited to one side of the face, indicating that contractions on each side of the face are independent). She also complains of extreme tightness in lower facial muscles, when she is at rest. Segment 2. Electromyography (EMG) ongoing spontaneous motor unit discharges even when she is at rest, and with blinking increased EMG activity is noted in the mentalis muscles (EMG needle is in mentalis muscle).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.444 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288

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Language: English

Submitted on: May 6, 2017

Accepted on: Apr 6, 2018

Published on: Apr 24, 2018

Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Guillain–Barré syndrome,

aberrant regeneration,

© 2018 Zain Guduru, John Morgan, Kapil Sethi, published by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
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