1. Hemifacial Spasm (Meige's Syndrome) An article about meige syndrome, the different forms, treatments and surgical approach. http://www.steen-hall.com/meige.html

Our Doctors Laser Vision Correction Cataract Surgery Retinal Conditions (Including Macular Degeneration) Surgery Cornea Glaucoma General Eye Care Latest Information ... About The Institute Seminars SEARCH Home Hemifacial Spasm (Meige's Syndrome) Hemifacial spasms are characterized by chronic twitching or spasms of one side of the face. It affects muscles activated by the facial nerve. Hemifacial spasm can result from stimulation by a blood vessel lying too close to the nerve or may follow Bell's palsy (an inflammation of the facial nerve resulting in temporary facial weakness) due to incorrect regeneration of the facial nerve. In more severe cases, the spasms may cause the mouth to become clamped shut. This can make speaking, eating, and swallowing difficult. Meige's Syndrome is a similar disorder affecting the long facial muscles and neck muscles in addition to the muscles around the eyes. Are There Different Forms of Blepharospasm? Yes, blepharospasms are classified by their severity and the extent of the face that is affected. The basic classifications of blepharospasms are as follows: Eyelid twitches or Tics Benign Essential Blepharospasm (also called Essential Blepharospasm) Hemifacial spasms or Meige's Syndrome What is the Treatment for Hemifacial Spasms?

2. Meige's Syndrome Meige's Syndrome is a form of dystonia in which there is blinking and chin thrusting. The condition Category Health Conditions and Diseases meige syndrome......Meige's Syndrome is a form of dystonia in which there is blinking and chin thrusting.The condition and its treatment are descibed. Meige's Syndrome. http://www.blepharospasm.org/blephar7.html

Meige's Syndrome by George W. Paulson, M.D. Kurtz Professor of Neurology The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio Web page created on December 13, 1997 Henri Meige described in 1904 what is now commonly called oral facial dystonia. There is some variation in what has been described since in what has been called Meige's syndrome, but in all descriptions there is blinking and chin thrusting. Some patients have lip pursing or tongue movements and, for a few, the movements spread into the shoulders. The cause remains obscure, treatment less than ideal, and frustration is a major factor as it is with blepharospasm. Many physicians, even regarding the more common essential blepharospasm, may have had no experience with Meige's syndrome and the patient may be told the process is psychologic. It is not. There are some similar conditions related to medication effects, for example, the mouth movement seen when excessive levodopa is present in patients with Parkinson's disease. Tardive dyskinesia, the movements that can follow prolonged use of major tranquilizers, can be associated with mouth and tongue movements. Some normal, elderly individuals develop spontaneous mouthing or chewing movements. Meige is more than and different from any of these other mouth movements. Blinking forcefully is often a part of it as is grimacing and the chin thrusting forward. At times there is a joint interactive movement between the oral movements and the eye movements. The patients are more likely to be women than men and usually at middle age or beyond. There is, as in all neurologic conditions, some variation with stress, but the movement is present at rest and with activity and when with others or alone. As with almost all movement disorders, it disappears in sleep.

3. Meige's Syndrome I (www.whonamedit.com) Meige's syndrome I Uncertain term. See description. with Meiges syndrome, Milroys syndrome, Nonnes syndrome and NonneMilroy-meige syndrome. According to one http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1325.html

Home List categories Eponyms A-Z Biographies by country ... Contact Meige's syndrome I Associated persons: Henri Meige William Forsyth Milroy Max Nonne Description: There is some confusion among authors about what is what with Meige’s syndrome, Milroy’s syndrome, Nonne’s syndrome and Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome. According to one author, hereditary lymphoedema type II is the Meige syndrome; hereditary lymphoedema I is the Nonne-Milroy syndrome, also commonly referred to as Milroy disease. Some authors still combine these into a single syndrome, the Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome. It has been entered as such here, under Max Nonne, German neurologist, 1861-1959. Ole Daniel Enersen

4. HONselect - Meige Syndrome English meige syndrome, Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia - Brueghel Syndrome- Idiopathic Orofacial Dyskinesia - Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesia http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/RareDiseases/C10.228.140.079.590.html

List of rare diseases: English Deutsch Language: MeSH term: Accepted terms: English: Meige Syndrome - Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia - Brueghel Syndrome - Idiopathic Orofacial Dyskinesia - Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesia - Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome - Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia Syndrome, Idiopathic Français: MEIGE, SYNDROME Deutsch: Meige-Syndrom - Blepharospasmus-oromandibuläre Dystonie - Brueghel-Syndrom - Idiopathische orofaziale Dyskinesie Español: SINDROME DE MEIGE - BLEFAROSPASMO OROMANDIBULAR - SINDROME DE BRUECHEL - DISCINESIA OROFACIAL IDIOPATICA Português: SINDROME DE MEIGE - BLEFAROSPASMO OROMANDIBULAR - SINDROME DE BRUECHEL - DISCINESIA OROFACIAL IDIOPATICA HONselect ressources Definition: Yes Articles: Yes Images: No News: No Conferences: No Clinical trials: No Web sites: English Yes Français No Deutsch No Español Yes Português No Home About us Site map Feedback ... HONewsletter http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/RareDiseases/C10.228.140.079.590.html Last modified: Thu Jul 25 2002

5. COX.net For Phoenix Explanations of these three disorders, as to what they are and the symptoms. http://www.accessarizona.com/community/groups/azbebrf/What_is_blepharospas.html

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7. NORD - Meige Syndrome Offers synonyms, a general discussion and further resources. http://www.stepstn.com/cgi-win/nord.exe?proc=Redirect&type=rdb_sum&id=23

8. BEBRF Blepharospasm Pages - Dystonia, Blepharospasm, Meige Syndrome, Publication Initial symptoms, cause and treatment are discussed, and available publications are listed by the Category Health Conditions and Diseases Dystonia Blepharospasm...... affected. Blepharospasm can occur with dystonia affecting the mouthand/or jaw (oromandibular dystonia, meige syndrome). In such http://www.blepharospasm.org/

BEBRF Blepharospasm Pages Last update February 12, 2003 What's New Contents of the Blepharospasm Pages Sponsored by the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation (BEBRF) What is blepharospasm? How does blepharospasm begin? What causes blepharospasm? ... Dry eye and blepharospasm What are the current forms of therapy? Botulinum toxin injections Medical (Drug) Treatment Surgery Experimental Eyelid Injections with Doxil ... Questions or comments What is Blepharospasm? Blepharo means "eyelid". Spasm means "uncontrolled muscle contraction". The term blepharospasm ['blef-a-ro-spaz-m] can be applied to any abnormal blinking or eyelid tic or twitch resulting from any cause, ranging from dry eyes to Tourette's syndrome to tardive dyskinesia. The blepharospasm referred to here is officially called benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) to distinguish it from the less serious secondary blinking disorders. "Benign" indicates the condition is not life threatening, and "essential" is a medical term meaning "of unknown cause". It is both a cranial and a focal dystonia. Cranial refers to the head and focal indicates confinement to one part. The word dystonia describes abnormal involuntary sustained muscle contractions and spasms. Patients with blepharospasm have normal eyes. The visual disturbance is due solely to the forced closure of the eyelids. Blepharospasm should not be confused with: Ptosis - drooping of the eyelids caused by weakness or paralysis of a levator muscle of the upper eyelid

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10. CJNS-Meige Syndrome Secondary To Basal Ganglia Injury: A Potential Cause Of Acut Abstract Background meige syndrome is a movement disorder that includes blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonias. http://www.cjns.org/28maytoc/meige.html

Abstract Close Window Meige Syndrome Secondary to Basal Ganglia Injury: A Potential Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress C. Adam Kirton and Richard J. Riopelle Abstract: Background: Meige syndrome is a movement disorder that includes blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonias. Its etiology may be idiopathic (primary) or it may arise secondary to focal brain injury. Acute respiratory distress as a feature of such dystonias occurs infrequently. A review of the literature on Meige syndrome and the relationship between dystonias and respiratory compromise is presented. Methods: A 60-year-old woman suffered a cerebral anoxic event secondary to manual strangulation. She developed progressive blepharospasm combined with oromandibular and cervical dystonias. Neuroimaging demonstrated bilateral damage localized to the globus pallidus. Years later, she presented to the emergency department in intermittent respiratory distress associated with facial and cervical muscle spasms. Results: Increasing frequency and severity of the disorder was noted over years. The acute onset of respiratory involvement required intubation and eventual tracheotomy. A partial therapeutic benefit of tetrabenazine was demonstrated.

11. Health And Wellness Dictionary: Meige Syndrome Dictionary Contents M meige syndrome. Health and Wellness DictionaryDefinition. meige syndrome. Movement disorder that can involve http://geoparent.com/dictionary/Detailed/191.htm

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12. Orofaciomandibular And Lingual Dystonia (Meige Syndrome) OROFACIOMANDIBULAR AND LINGUAL DYSTONIA (meige syndrome) MF Brin, A.Blitzer, S. Herman C. Stewart. Note Graphics in this article http://www.dystonia-support.org/la-orofaciomandibular and lingual dystonia (meig

OROFACIOMANDIBULAR AND LINGUAL DYSTONIA (MEIGE SYNDROME) Note: Graphics in this article were scanned from copies and not the original document. Article is from Handbook of Botulinum Toxin Treatment Edited by Peter Moore MB ChB MD MRCP The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery Liverpool FORWARD BY A. J. LEES In the early sixteenth century, Brueghel painted faces with open mouths and contracted facial muscles, similar to those we now associate with cranial dystonia [1]. In 1899, Gowers [2] described conditions producing tonic and clonic jaw contractions. His differential diagnosis of tonic spasms included tetanus, trauma, hysteria, brainstem lesions and hypothermia. Convulsions, rigors, paralysis agitans, facial pain and chorea were recognized as causes of clonic spasms. In 1910, Meige [3] reported a syndrome of spasms of the eyelids in addition to contractions of the pharyngeal, jaw and tongue muscles. Characteristic of dystonia, these spasms were often provoked by voluntary action (e.g. talking, eating), or lessened by humming, singing, yawning or voluntarily opening the mouth. Some of the patients with Meige syndrome developed other signs of dystonia including torticollis or writer's cramp. In 1976, Marsden [4] concluded that blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia were adult-onset segmental torsion dystonias. other reviews have supported this assertion [5-15]. We now use the term 'oromandibular dystonia' (OMD) when referring to dystonia of the masticatory, lower facial and tongue muscles with resulting spasms and jaw deviation.

13. Central Nervous System Diseases meige syndrome About Meige's Syndrome GW Paulson; About HemifacialSpasm (meige syndrome) Steen-Hall Eye Institute. Huntington http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c10.228.html

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14. CJNS-Meige Syndrome Secondary To Basal Ganglia Injury: A Potential Cause Of Acut Abstract, Close Window meige syndrome Secondary to Basal Ganglia Injury A PotentialCause of Acute Respiratory Distress C. Adam Kirton and Richard J. Riopelle. http://www.canjneurolsci.org/28maytoc/meige.html

Abstract Close Window Meige Syndrome Secondary to Basal Ganglia Injury: A Potential Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress C. Adam Kirton and Richard J. Riopelle Abstract: Background: Meige syndrome is a movement disorder that includes blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonias. Its etiology may be idiopathic (primary) or it may arise secondary to focal brain injury. Acute respiratory distress as a feature of such dystonias occurs infrequently. A review of the literature on Meige syndrome and the relationship between dystonias and respiratory compromise is presented. Methods: A 60-year-old woman suffered a cerebral anoxic event secondary to manual strangulation. She developed progressive blepharospasm combined with oromandibular and cervical dystonias. Neuroimaging demonstrated bilateral damage localized to the globus pallidus. Years later, she presented to the emergency department in intermittent respiratory distress associated with facial and cervical muscle spasms. Results: Increasing frequency and severity of the disorder was noted over years. The acute onset of respiratory involvement required intubation and eventual tracheotomy. A partial therapeutic benefit of tetrabenazine was demonstrated.

15. Health Library - Meige Syndrome meige syndrome. Synonyms Disorder Subdivisions General Discussion ResourcesNational The exact cause of meige syndrome is not known. This http://health_info.nmh.org/Library/HealthGuide/IllnessConditions/topic.asp?hwid=

16. Health Library - Lymphedema, Hereditary Synonyms. None. Disorder Subdivisions. Hereditary Lymphedema, Type I; CongenitalHereditary Lymphedema; Milroy Disease; NonneMilroy-meige syndrome; http://health_info.nmh.org/Library/HealthGuide/IllnessConditions/topic.asp?hwid=

17. Meige Syndrome meige syndrome. Email Address suzye@gate.net I would like any information anyonehas about blepharospasms and oromandibular spasms, meige syndrome? http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum_2/DystoniaF/2.28.9910.40PMMeigeSyndro.htm

Meige Syndrome This article submitted by Suzye on 2/28/99. Email Address: suzye@gate.net I would like any information anyone has about blepharospasms and oromandibular spasms, Meige syndrome? I seem to be experiencing both. I've had Botox injections for the blepharospasms but now I am noticing more and more strange things occurring: holding my breath, breathing through my mouth, accidentally biting the inside of my lip and mouth while eating or even talking, "screwing up" (spasms) of my nose and lower facial muscles, clenching my teeth and jaws, having to talk myself through writing out a check or even this article. Can't read a newspaper or fine print very much. It goes on and on. I had a face lift and upper bleph in July 1997. What a fantastic change in my appearance - I work for the plastic surgeon - love him like a brother. But, I'm now wondering if the surgery didn't trigger some underlying condition that I may have had and no one knew. Has anyone else experienced anything like this after facial cosmetic surgery - is it a possible side effect? Any and all responses will be appreciated. I'm really getting depressed about this now. Thank you!

18. Meige Syndrome No messages are screened for content. meige syndrome. One week later he beganhaving eye spasms, which developed into fullblown meige syndrome. http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum_2/DystoniaF/MeigeSyndrome.html

This Web Forum is not moderated in any sense. Anyone on the Internet can post articles or reply to previously posted articles, and they may do so anonymously. Therefore, the opinions and statements made in all articles and replies do not represent the official opinions of MGH and MGH Neurology. Neither is MGH or MGH Neurology responsible for the content of any articles or replies. No messages are screened for content. Meige Syndrome This response submitted by Patricia Anderson on 6/2/99. Email Address: patricia.l.anderson@gte.net Dear Suzye, My husband was had the bleph operation 2/27. One week later he began having eye spasms, which developed into full-blown Meige Syndrome. He is now permanently disabled. Bo-tox injections, artane and valium..along with pain meds let him get through the day. Some days are better than others. We both feel that the operation was the catalyst for his illness. Next Article Return to original Article Click HERE to return to the main Neurology WebForum Homepage. These forums are maintained by the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital John Lester - Webspinner

19. Health Library - Meige Syndrome meige syndrome. Synonyms Disorder Subdivisions General Discussion ResourcesNational The exact cause of meige syndrome is not known. This http://www.laurushealth.com/library/healthguide/illnessconditions/topic.asp?hwid

20. NORD - National Organization For Rare Disorders, Inc. meige syndrome. To purchase fulltext report ($7.50) Copyright 1986, 1990,1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Synonyms of meige syndrome Brueghel Syndrome; http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Meige Syndrom

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