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ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY ON HEMIFACIAL SPASM: USEFULNESS IN ETIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM Shinichi Itagaki 1 , Shinjiro Saito 1 , Osamu Nakai 1 1Department of Surgical Neurology, Yamagata University School of Medicine pp.1005-1011
Published Date 1989/10/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406206406
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Electrophysiological studies were performed in 30 patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm (idi-opathic HFS), who underwent microvascular de-compression with abolishment of spasm, and 10 patients with symptomatic hemifacial spasm (symp-tomatic HFS) secondary to Bell's palsy.

( 1 ) The maximum firing rate of abnormal dis-charges recorded from the orbicularis oris muscle during spasm in patients with idiopathic and with symptomatic HFS, and that of discharges recorded on the intact side during voluntary contraction in idiopathic HFS patients measured 181 ± 71 Hz, 68. 4±36. 9 Hz, 56. 3 ± 21. 8 Hz, respectively. Thus, the maximum firing rate of the discharges during spasm in idiopathic HFS patients was exceedingly higher than that in symptomatic HFS patients.

( 2 ) Electroneurography, performed to evaluate quantitatively degeneration of the facial nerve, revealed that the ENoG value (90. 27E16. 5%) in idiopathic HFS patients were higher than that (57. 6±26. 8%) in symptomatic HFS patients.

( 3 ) In blink reflex examined, synkinetic poten-tials (S 1, S 2), synchronous to the potentials con-sisting of the early (R 1) and late component (R 2) in the orbicularis oculi muscle, were recorded from the orbicular is oris muscle on the affected side in all patients with idiopathic and with symptomatic HFS. In sequential recording of blink reflex poten-tials (R 1, R 2) and synkinetic potentials (S 1, S 2), the recording pattern of synkinetic potentials was divided into variable and constant type. In the variable type, synkinetic potentials appeared unst-steadily and the difference in latency between R 1 and S 1 was varied. In the constant type, syn-kinetic potentials appeared steadily and the dif-ference in latency between the two was not varied. The 21 idiopathic HFS patients revealed the vari-able type and the remaining nine patients the constant type. On the other hand, no symptomatic HFS patients disclosed the variable type.

In conclusion, electrophysiological examination was undoubtedly useful for differential diagnosis in patients with hemifacial spasm. Based on neu-rophysiological findings described above, ephaptic transmission may not play a role in pathophysiolo-gical mechanism of idiopathic HFS.


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