Identifier |
wh_ch24_p1212 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Excessive or Anomalous Eyelid Closure |
Creator |
Barry Skarf, MD, PhD |
Affiliation |
Henry Ford Health System |
Subject |
Eyelid Closure; Eyelid Function; Excessive; Anomalous; Abnormal Facial Movements; Hemifacial Spasm; Blepharospasm; Facial Tics; Facial Myokymia; Facial Myotonia; Facial Dystonia (Meige's syndrome) |
Description |
Unlike insufficient eyelid closure, which can be caused by neurologic, neuromuscular, or myopathic causes, excessive or inappropriate eyelid closure usually is neurologic in origin. Essential blepharospasm and the blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome (Meige syndrome; Brueghel syndrome). Blepharospasm associated with lesions of the brainstem and basal ganglia. Blepharoclonus and reflex blepharospasm. Ocular blepharospasm. Blepharospasm associated with drug-induced tardive dyskinesia. Facial tics and Tourette syndrome. Nonorganic blepharospasm. Focal seizures. Lid-triggered synkinesias. Facial myokymia (with and without spastic paretic facial contracture). Facial myokymia with peripheral neuropathy. Hemifacial spasm. Excessive eyelid closure of neuromuscular origin. Excessive eyelid closure of myopathic origin. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6s219z0 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185908 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s219z0 |