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Ambiguous paroxysmal events: facial movements (2)

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Ambiguous paroxysmal events: facial movements (2)

Video shows left facial twitching while EEG shows normal background with movement artifacts and frequent eye blinking. Clinically, during activation, there is sudden, brief movement of angle of the mouth with eyes closure. (Contributed by Dr. Selim R Benbadis.)

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Associated Disorders

  • Clonic facial twitching
  • Decorticate or decerebrate posturing
  • Epileptic myoclonus
  • Focal seizures
  • Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
  • Nonepileptic facial movements
  • Nonepileptic myoclonus
  • Oral automatisms
  • Pseudosyncope
  • Segmental spinal cord myoclonus
  • Syncope
  • Tremors