Wernekink commissure syndrome with palatal myoclonus at onset: a case report and review of the literature
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Palatal myoclonus--a case report.
Palatal myoclonus is usually due to a brainstem or cerebellar lesion disrupting the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway. Rarely it may be caused by a cortical lesion. The precipitating factor in 70% of all cases is an infarct. We describe an unusual case of a patient with palatal myoclonus who had an old ipsilateral cerebellar infarct and a new contralateral subcortical (corona radiata) infarct. We p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-018-1657-4