Edouard Brissauc (1852-1909) was a French neuropsychiatrist of the Charcot school who provided in 1893 the first picture of a patient suffering from hemifacial spasm. Brissaud already suggested several possible etiologies for the involuntary movements of his patient, including the possibility of Inter it malformations compressing the origin of the facial nerve. We also discuss the role of other early European authors (Schultze, Cowers, Babinski, and Negro) who contributed to the definition of hemifacial spasm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (C) 2010 Movement Disorder Society
An Early Image of Hemifacial Spasm: Edouard Brissaud Contribution / Colosimo, Carlo; Berardelli, Alfredo. - In: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. - ISSN 0885-3185. - 25:5(2010), pp. 531-533. [10.1002/mds.22998]
An Early Image of Hemifacial Spasm: Edouard Brissaud Contribution
COLOSIMO, Carlo;BERARDELLI, Alfredo
2010
Abstract
Edouard Brissauc (1852-1909) was a French neuropsychiatrist of the Charcot school who provided in 1893 the first picture of a patient suffering from hemifacial spasm. Brissaud already suggested several possible etiologies for the involuntary movements of his patient, including the possibility of Inter it malformations compressing the origin of the facial nerve. We also discuss the role of other early European authors (Schultze, Cowers, Babinski, and Negro) who contributed to the definition of hemifacial spasm in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (C) 2010 Movement Disorder SocietyI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
