Meige’s syndrome

Description

• What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification…

History

Associated Persons

• Henry Meige (1866 – 1940)

Alternative names

• Brueghel’s syndrome
• Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome

Controversies

• Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise?

References

• Altrocci PH. Spontaneous oral-facial dyskinesia. Archives of Neurology 1972; 26 :506-512
• Tolosa ES, Klawans HL. Meige’s disease: A clinical form of facial convulsion, bilateral and medial. Archives of neurology 1979; 36: 635-637
• Tolosa ES. Clinical features of Meige’s disease (idiopathic orofacial dystonia). Archives of neurology 1981; 38: 147–51.
• Marsden CD. Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome (Brueghel’s syndrome) J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 1976; 39: 1204–9
• LeDoux Mark S. Meige Syndrome: what’s in a Name? Parkinsonism Relat. Disord. 2009; 15: 483–489.
• Carelli F. Brueghel: his art and his syndrome. London J Prim Care (Abingdon). 2017; 9(3): 43-44
• Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1527-1569. Baillement