Meige Syndrome: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
Meige syndrome affects how you move your face and jaw. You might move your face without meaning to or being able to control it. The most common symptoms include: Facial grimacing. Frowning. Thrusting your chin (involuntary chin jerks, usually while talking or eating). Displaced jaw (jaw twitching). Jaw pain (shock or stabbing feeling).
Meige Syndrome - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD
Apr 14, 2008 · Meige syndrome is a rare neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary and often forceful contractions of the muscles of the jaw and tongue (oromandibular dystonia) and involuntary muscle spasms and contractions of the muscles around the eyes (blepharospasm).
Meige's syndrome - Wikipedia
Meige's syndrome is a type of dystonia. It is also known as Brueghel's syndrome and oral facial dystonia. It is actually a combination of two forms of dystonia, blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia (OMD).
Meige Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
May 14, 2024 · Meige syndrome, also known as Brueghel syndrome or idiopathic orofacial dystonia, is a rare neurological disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions leading to repetitive and stereotyped movements of the face, mouth, and neck.
Meige Syndrome - EyeWiki
Meige syndrome is a syndrome of craniocervical dystonic movements. It involves the combination of blepharospasm in association with oromandibular dystonia and can progress to involve cervical and limb musculature.
Blepharospasm, Oromandibular Dystonia, and Meige Syndrome: …
Meige syndrome (MS) is cranial dystonia characterized by the combination of upper and lower cranial involvement and including binocular eyelid spasms (blepharospasm; BSP) and involuntary movements of the jaw muscles (oromandibular dystonia; OMD).
Meige Syndrome: What’s in a Name? - PMC - National Center for ...
The terms “Meige’s syndrome” and “Meige syndrome” are often used by neurologists and other clinicians to describe the combination of blepharospasm and involuntary movements of the lower facial and/or masticatory (jaw) muscles.
Blepharospasms and Meige’s Syndrome - UF Health
Meige’s syndrome is also called cranio-facial dystonia. Typical symptoms include involuntary blinking (blepharospasms), chin thrusting, tongue protrusion, squinting, light sensitivity and muddled speech.
Meige Syndrome - PubMed
May 14, 2024 · Meige syndrome is a focal dystonic movement disorder characterized by blepharospasm (double eyelid spasm) and oromandibular dystonia. Dystonia involves abnormal involuntary posturing or body movements resulting from sustained muscle contractions, often arising from neurological or medical causes.
Meige's Syndrome - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Meige Syndrome (MS) is a disabling movement disorder which impairs daily routines such as eating and speaking and, when not responsive to best medical treatment, deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi) has been considered.