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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Hemifacial Spasm
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neuromuscular Manifestations > Spasm > Hemifacial Spasm
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neuromuscular Manifestations > Spasm > Hemifacial Spasm

Preferred term

Hemifacial Spasm  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Facial Spasms, Unilateral
  • Facial Spasm, Unilateral
  • Hemifacial Spasms
  • Spasm, Hemifacial
  • Spasms, Hemifacial
  • Spasms, Unilateral Facial
  • Spasm, Unilateral Facial
  • Unilateral Facial Spasm
  • Unilateral Facial Spasms

Scope note

  • Recurrent clonic contraction of facial muscles, restricted to one side. It may occur as a manifestation of compressive lesions involving the seventh cranial nerve (FACIAL NERVE DISEASES), during recovery from BELL PALSY, or in association with other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1378)

History note

  • 1998

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019569

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