Author(s)

Amit Chauhan¹, Shravani Chauhan^2*

¹Department of Orthopedics, Park Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
²Department of Psychiatry, VIMHANS, New Delhi, India.

Meige syndrome is an idiopathic dystonia characterized by combination of blepharospasm and involuntary movements of the lower facial and/or masticatory (jaw) muscles. The condition is rare and has a variety of clinical presentations which often lead to its misdiagnosis. We report a case of Meige syndrome repeatedly misdiagnosed and treated unsuccessfully as conversion disorder.

Meige Syndrome, Orofacial Dystonia, Diagnostic Confusion

Chauhan, A. and Chauhan, S. (2015) Meige Syndrome: An Eternal Diagnostic Confusion. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 5, 298-300. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2015.53033.