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Tremor on smiling
Movement Disorders, 06/12/09

Schwingenschuh P et al. - Facial tremor occurring on smiling is a rare phenomenon and has been described (to the best of the authors' knowledge) in the literature only once. The authors describe two patients who presented with a bilateral facial tremor that occurred only on smiling and other activation of therisorii muscles and had a high frequency of 9 Hz. One patient additionally suffered from young-onset Parkinson's disease, whereas the other had no further neurological symptoms or signs apart from this tremor. Anti-parkinsonian medication was unhelpful for the facial tremor in the patient with Parkinson's disease. Tremor on smiling may be a discrete entity or may be associated in some cases of Parkinson's disease.

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