Taste sense in patients with hemifacial spasm

被引：1

作者：

Kim, Han-Joon ^{[1
]}

Lee, Dong-Ha ^{[2
,3
]}

Cho, Joong-Yang ^{[2
,3
]}

Cho, Yong-Jin ^{[2
,3
]}

Hong, Keun-Sik ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Med, Seoul Natl Univ Hosp, Dept Neurol,Movement Disorder Ctr,CRC, Seoul 110744, South Korea

[2] Inje Univ, Ilsan Paik Hosp, Clin Res Ctr, Goyang Si, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea

[3] Inje Univ, Dept Neurol, Goyang Si, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE | 2010年 / 17卷 / 07期

关键词：

Facial nerve; Hemifacial spasm; Nervus intermedius; Taste sense; COMPRESSION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jocn.2009.11.007

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

100204 [神经病学];

摘要：

In the cerebellopontine angle cistern, the nervus intermedius (NI) runs close to the motor division of the facial nerve (FN) A vascular loop compressing the FN in patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) can thus also affect the NI However, to our knowledge, taste has not been investigated in patients with HE In this pilot study, we assessed the sense of taste quantitatively in 10 female patients with HFS using filter paper strips impregnated with four taste qualities (sweet, sour, salty, and bitter) at four concentrations The taste score did not differ between the ipsilateral and contralateral sides The taste score for salty on the ipsilateral side increased with disease duration Our findings suggest that a vascular loop compressing the FN does not affect the function of the NI Further studies with greater numbers of patients are needed to confirm our results (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved

引用

页码：950 / 951

页数：2

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