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What is this involuntary movement?
Case Courtesy :
Dr. Joshy E. V. ,MBBS, M.D, D.M.(NIMHANS) Neuromuscular dis. Fellowship (USA)
Chief of Neurology
SSSIHMS, Bangalore, India
Tags: karuturi.rounds, neurology
it is involuntary movement of facial muscle or chaw stick sign or a partial epileptic fits..
Permalink Reply by mohammed majeed kamil on October 21, 2012 at 1:34pm Partial Epileptic Fit
Hello! When he blinks his eyes and turn his eyes to the left, a part of his right cheek and left corner of lower lip is lifted, right?
Permalink Reply by Dindukurthi Sudhakar on October 22, 2012 at 2:22pm Fasciculation.
it is fasciculation because it is brief and spontaneous
hemi facial spasm..most commonly due to compression of facial nerve by ant.inf.cerebellar artery at the level of brain stem.,the compression misfires the facial nerve leading to facial muscle contraction.
Fasciculation
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