Journal of clinical neuro-ophthalmology 1985-Jun
Isolated facial myokymia and facial contracture: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging correlation.
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Isolated facial myokymia with contracture can be the earliest manifestation of intrinsic lesions of the brainstem. We report a case of facial myokymia with contracture occurring as the result of a pontine glioma, as depicted on cranial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies. The rostral location of the tumor supports the supranuclear disinhibition hypothesis of facial myokymia.