RESUMEN

Blepharospasm is a type of focal dystonia depicted by periodic and spontaneous closure of the orbicularis oculi and surrounding muscles. Typical secondary etiologies of blepharospasm may include ophthalmologic and structural brain lesions. In this article, we report a novel case of a patient with a biopsy-proven concurrent papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and adenoma of the parathyroid gland with blepharospasm as an exceptionally unique initial manifestation. This report showed that a diagnostic work-up for causes of blepharospasm may include a search for these neoplasm and surgical removal of these masses may offer significant symptomatic control of the focal dystonia.

Asunto(s)

Adenoma/diagnóstico , Blefaroespasmo/diagnóstico , Carcinoma Papilar/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de las Paratiroides/diagnóstico , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/diagnóstico , Adenoma/patología , Carcinoma Papilar/patología , Trastornos Distónicos , Párpados , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Neoplasias de las Paratiroides/patología , Cáncer Papilar Tiroideo/patología , Neoplasias de la Tiroides/diagnóstico