| Title |
Gaze evoked Orbicularis Oculi Myokymia |
| Creator |
Jacome, DE |
| Affiliation |
Department of Medicine, Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. |
| Abstract |
The cases of six patients with pronounced, persistent, isolated gaze-evoked orbicularis oculi myokymia (GEOM) discovered fortuitously are described. None had brain-stem lesions, and two had associated, unusual cranial synkinesis (trigeminofacial, hypoglossal-facial, and spinal accessory-facial). Additional features included asymmetric blinking and pseudoblepharoclonus in a third patient and buccopharyngeal synkinesis and post-deglutional tremors in a fourth. Ptosis and pupillary changes were absent. With the possible exception of one case, GEOM seems to be a congenital benign oculofacial synkinesis of brain-stem origin. |
| Subject |
Adult; Older people; Blinking; Electromyography; Eye Movements; Facial Nerve/physiopathology; Fasciculation/etiology; Fasciculation/physiopathology; Female; Humans; Middle Older people; Oculomotor Muscles/physiopathology |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
224811 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv4r0g/224811 |
