Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain–Barré Syndrome

BACKGROUND: We report a patient who developed lower facial muscle spasm at rest and bilateral facial synkinesis several months after treatment of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS); this finding, to our knowledge, is hitherto unreported. PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN: Bilateral synkinesis, facial muscles spasm at...

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Autores principales: Guduru, Zain, Morgan, John, Sethi, Kapil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6026283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29971193
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D83X9PPX
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: We report a patient who developed lower facial muscle spasm at rest and bilateral facial synkinesis several months after treatment of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS); this finding, to our knowledge, is hitherto unreported. PHENOMENOLOGY SHOWN: Bilateral synkinesis, facial muscles spasm at rest, bilateral postparalytic facial syndrome. EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Aberrant regeneration of nerve fibers post GBS, resulting in facial muscles spasm at rest, bilateral synkinesis.

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