Abstract
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.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-24-2018
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.7916/d83x9ppx
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Repository Citation
Guduru, Zain; Morgan, John; and Sethi, Kapil, "Bilateral Facial Spasm Following Guillain-Barré Syndrome" (2018). Neurology Faculty Publications. 21.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/neurology_facpub/21
Video 1. Bilateral Facial Spasm
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, v. 8, 476, p. 1-2.
© 2018 Guduru et al.
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