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Pathological Features

Edward A. Waybright, MD; Ludwig Gutmann, MD; Sam M. Chou, MD, PhD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(4):244-245.

Abstract
• Pathologic examination in a case of facial myokymia showed edema and mild astroglial proliferation of the ipsilateral seventh nerve nucleus; gliomatous tumor involvement occurred rostral to this nucleus. These findings give circumstantial support to functional deafferentation as the cause of facial myokymia.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology and Pathology (Neuropathology), West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 16, 1978.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WV 36506 (Dr Gutmann).

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