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Three first cases of Meige syndrome in Central Africa

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Issue    Vol 4 No 1 (2022)
DOI   10.25082/AGPM.2022.01.005

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Marcellin Bugeme
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yacouba Kaba
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Franck Shongo Omanjelo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jacques Mbaz Musung
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sarah Kilumba Numbi
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Olivier Mukuku corresponding author
Higher Institute of Medical Techniques, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba
Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dirk E. Teuwen
[1] Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; [2] Department of Neurology, Institute of Neuroscience, Ghent University, Belgium

Abstract

Meige syndrome (MS) is a rare type of focal dystonia characterized by unintentional bilateral activity in facial and mandibular muscles in combination with blepharospasm (spasm in the orbicular muscle). Often unknown cause, MS can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary (to medications or brain degenerative pathologies). Its treatment is based in most cases on botulinum toxin injections, not available in our environment. Nevertheless, clonazepam treatment has allowed us to improve the symptoms of our patients. We report MS in three patients, all with no particular history of consulting for involuntary facial movements. The diagnosis of MS was essentially based on the clinical picture. After treatment with clonazepam, the clinical course in all three patients was marked by the almost complete disappearance of these abnormal movements. In all cases, clinical progress was favorable with an average decline of 12 months; no recidivism was noted.

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Meige syndrome, abnormal movements, clonazepam, Lubumbashi

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Bugeme, M., Kaba, Y., Omanjelo, F. S., Musung, J. M., Numbi, S. K., Mukuku, O., Muyumba, E. K., & Teuwen, D. E. (2022). Three first cases of Meige syndrome in Central Africa. Advances in General Practice of Medicine, 4(1), 67-70. https://doi.org/10.25082/AGPM.2022.01.005
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