Facial trigeminal synkinesis associated with a trigeminal schwannoma.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 10449135.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
The authors describe the clinical and electrophysiologic findings in a patient with synkinesis between muscles innervated by the facial and trigeminal nerves after resection of a trigeminal schwannoma. Conventional facial nerve conduction and blink reflex studies were normal. Stimulation of the supraorbital and facial nerves elicited reproducible responses in the masseter and pterygoid muscles, confirming a peripheral site of aberrant regeneration of the facial and trigeminal nerves.
Medical subject headings
- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms
- Facial Nerve
- Facial Nerve Diseases
- Facial Paralysis
- Neurilemmoma
- Trigeminal Nerve