Meige's syndrome

Meige's syndrome consists of idiopathic blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. The exact etiology is not known and various hypotheses have been proposed for its causation. The hypothesis suggesting dopaminergic and cholinergic hyperactivity is most widely accepted. There is no curative drug...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gautam, Priyanka, Bhatia, Manjeet Singh, Kaur, Jaswinder, Rathi, Anubhav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659707
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.207853
_version_ 1783245073992908800
author Gautam, Priyanka
Bhatia, Manjeet Singh
Kaur, Jaswinder
Rathi, Anubhav
author_facet Gautam, Priyanka
Bhatia, Manjeet Singh
Kaur, Jaswinder
Rathi, Anubhav
author_sort Gautam, Priyanka
collection PubMed
description Meige's syndrome consists of idiopathic blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. The exact etiology is not known and various hypotheses have been proposed for its causation. The hypothesis suggesting dopaminergic and cholinergic hyperactivity is most widely accepted. There is no curative drug for Meige's syndrome although a variety of treatments have been proposed. We report a case which responded to tetrabenazine.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5479101
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-54791012017-06-28 Meige's syndrome Gautam, Priyanka Bhatia, Manjeet Singh Kaur, Jaswinder Rathi, Anubhav Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Meige's syndrome consists of idiopathic blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. The exact etiology is not known and various hypotheses have been proposed for its causation. The hypothesis suggesting dopaminergic and cholinergic hyperactivity is most widely accepted. There is no curative drug for Meige's syndrome although a variety of treatments have been proposed. We report a case which responded to tetrabenazine. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5479101/ /pubmed/28659707 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.207853 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gautam, Priyanka
Bhatia, Manjeet Singh
Kaur, Jaswinder
Rathi, Anubhav
Meige's syndrome
title Meige's syndrome
title_full Meige's syndrome
title_fullStr Meige's syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Meige's syndrome
title_short Meige's syndrome
title_sort meige's syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5479101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28659707
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.207853
work_keys_str_mv AT gautampriyanka meigessyndrome
AT bhatiamanjeetsingh meigessyndrome
AT kaurjaswinder meigessyndrome
AT rathianubhav meigessyndrome

Ejemplares similares