Open AccessMeige's syndrome
Author(s) -
Priyanka Gautam,
M S Bhatia,
Jaswinder Kaur,
Anubhav Rathi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.207853
Subject(s) - blepharospasm , tetrabenazine , etiology , parkinsonism , dystonia , medicine , dopaminergic , dermatology , psychology , psychiatry , disease , dopamine
Meige's syndrome consists of idiopathic blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. The exact etiology is not known and various hypotheses have been proposed for its causation. The hypothesis suggesting dopaminergic and cholinergic hyperactivity is most widely accepted. There is no curative drug for Meige's syndrome although a variety of treatments have been proposed. We report a case which responded to tetrabenazine.