32402008: Facial spasm (finding)

SNOMED CT Concept\Clinical finding (finding)\...

\Head finding (finding)\Finding of head region\Finding of face\Facial spasm

\General finding of soft tissue\Facial spasm

\Muscle finding\Spasm\Facial spasm

\Musculoskeletal finding\Facial spasm

Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 01-Feb 2025. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id Description Lang Type Status Case? Module

54107015 Facial spasm en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

763682013 Facial spasm (finding) en Fully specified name Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

912891000195111 spasmo facciale it Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module

591271000172118 spasme facial fr Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Facial spasm	Is a	Seventh cranial nerve finding	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Finding site	Structure of nervous system (body structure)	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Interprets	Nervous system function	false	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Finding site	Facial nerve structure	false	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Facial spasm	Is a	Spasm	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Finding site	Skeletal and/or smooth muscle structure (body structure)	false	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Facial spasm	Is a	Musculoskeletal finding	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Is a	General finding of soft tissue	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Is a	Finding of face	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Facial spasm	Finding site	Skeletal muscle structure of face	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
A rare primary myoclonus characterized by progressive, involuntary, irregular, clonic or tonic contractions of the muscles innervated by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). The symptoms are typically strictly unilateral, mostly persist during sleep, and often occur in the region of the orbicularis oculi muscle first and gradually spread to other parts of the affected half of the face as the disease progresses. Both familial and acquired forms are reported.	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Clonic facial spasm	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with facial spasm	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Protective splinting of masticatory muscles	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Masseter spasm	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Continuous involuntary contraction of the masticatory muscle.	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some
Blepharospasm	Is a	True	Facial spasm	Inferred relationship	Some

This concept is not in any reference sets