Isolated facial myokymia as a presenting feature of pontine neurocysticercosis

Rohit Bhatia; Soaham Desai; Ajay Garg; Madakasira V Padma; Kameshwar Prasad; Manjari Tripathi

doi:10.1002/mds.21792

Isolated facial myokymia as a presenting feature of pontine neurocysticercosis

Mov Disord. 2008 Jan;23(1):135-7. doi: 10.1002/mds.21792.

Authors

Rohit Bhatia¹, Soaham Desai, Ajay Garg, Madakasira V Padma, Kameshwar Prasad, Manjari Tripathi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. [email protected]

PMID: 17987648
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21792

Abstract

A 45-year-old healthy man presented with 2 weeks history of continuous rippling and quivering movements of his right side of face and neck suggestive of myokymia. MRI scan of the head revealed neurocysticercus in the pons. Treatment with steroids and carbamezapine produced a significant benefit. This is the first report of pontine neurocysticercosis presenting as an isolated facial myokymia.

2007 Movement Disorder Society

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Facial Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Facial Nerve Diseases / drug therapy
Facial Nerve Diseases / physiopathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neurocysticercosis / diagnosis*
Neurocysticercosis / drug therapy
Neurocysticercosis / parasitology*
Pons / parasitology*
Pons / pathology
Videotape Recording

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anticonvulsants
Carbamazepine