Treatment with Botulinum Toxin A in Continuous Facial and Neck Myokymia: A case report . |
Kang, Eun Cheol , Pyun, Sung Bom , Yu, Ji Yeon , Bae, Ji Hye |
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Korea. 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea. |
안면 섬유성 근간대 경련에 대한 보툴리늄 독소 주사의 효과 증례 보고 |
강은철, 편성범1, 유지연, 배지혜 |
서울보훈병원 재활의학과, 1울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 재활의학교실 |
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Abstract |
Myokymia is a clinical phenomenon characterized by undulating, vermicular, rippling and wavelike movements spreading across the muscle surface. Facial myokymia is an unusual complication of brainstem hemorrhage. It tends to occur in brainstem tumor or multiple sclerosis. We report a 51-year-old man with continuous facial and neck myokymia after brainstem hemorrhage, who revealed focal myokymic discharges in face, neck and pharyngolaryngeal muscles innervated by cranial nerve V, VII, X, and XI. After injection of 20∼80 units of Botulinum toxin type A (DysportⰒ) to the left orbicularis oris, mentalis, mylohyoid and posterior belly of digastric muscles, amplitude of continuous myokymic discharges was markedly reduced. We recommend Botulinum toxin injection as a very effective therapeutic method in managing focal movement disorders. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2002; 26: 358-362) |
Key Words:
Myokymia, Myokymia, Brainstem, Botulinum toxin |
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