Painful tic convulsif.

Retraction: Jhin-Soo Pyen, et al. Tic Convulsif Caused by Cerebellopontine Angle Schwannoma. Yonsei Med J 2001; 42:255-7

Tic convulsif: the association of trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm.

intra-uterine pregnancy of 19 weeks gestation. All along the size of the uterus was bigger than the period of amenorrhoea suggested. The foetal movements were first felt in the second week of January 1971 at 18 weeks gestation (uterine size 22 weeks). She developed mild hypertension on 2 April 1971 and was admitted for rest. An X-ray of the abdomen then revealed a twin pregnancy. The following ...

Microvascular decompressions in patients with coexistent hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia.

BACKGROUND Although microvascular decompression (MVD) is widely accepted as the effective therapy for hemifacial spasm (HFS) or trigeminal neuralgia (TN), the surgical treatment of coexistent HFS and TN in an individual is seldom addressed. OBJECTIVE To discuss the operative strategy of MVD for both the hemifacial and trigeminal nerves. METHODS Nine consecutive cases of coexistent HFS and T...

The Rare Painful Phenomena - Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania-tic Syndrome as a Clinically Isolated Syndrome of the Central Nervous System.

The association of paroxysmal hemicrania with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) has been described and called paroxysmal hemicrania-tic syndrome (PH-tic). We report the case of a patient diagnosed as having chronic PH-tic (CPH-tic) syndrome as a clinically isolated syndrome of the central nervous system (CNS) (CIS).A forty year old woman was admitted to our hospital suffering from right facial pain for...

Pain in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and related tic disorders.

Although pain is not generally recognized as a symptom of tic disorders, we have seen a number of patients in whom this was a prominent feature, at times even the symptom of greatest concern. The commonest pain complaints are those arising from the actual performance of a tic. Most often this follows directly from the discomfort produced by sudden or repeated extreme exertion. Here the origin o...