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Sudden Onset of Oromandibular Dystonia after Cerebellar Stroke
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2014 Background: We present the case of a 65-year-old female with sudden-onset involuntary mouth opening, deviation of the jaw, facial grimacing, and tongue movements that started 6 months prior to her admission.
Alper Akin +3 more
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Oromandibular Dystonia: An Update for Dental Professionals
Cumhuriyet Dental Journal, 2022 Oromandibular Dystonia (OMD) is a type of focal dystonia which affects the masticatory, cervical, facial, eyelid, laryngeal, and pharyngeal muscles. OMD patients may consult dentists with involuntary movement or spasm of the lips, tongue, involuntary jaw
Vidya Ajila, Shruthi Hegde
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Cervical dystonia and no oculomotor apraxia as new manifestation of ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder 1 – case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder 1 (ATLD1) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder associated with early onset ataxia and oculomotor apraxia. The genetic determination of ATLD1 is a mutation in the MRE11 gene (meiotic recombination 11 gene), which causes
Agnieszka Bajek +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background The globus pallidus internus is the main target for the treatment of dystonia by deep brain stimulation. Unfortunately, for some genetic etiologies, the therapeutic outcome of dystonia is less predictable.
Andrea Giorni +5 more
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Facial Dystonia with Facial Grimacing and Vertical Gaze Palsy with “Round the Houses” Sign in a 29-Year-Old Woman [PDF]
Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2016 A 29-year-old woman developed progressive dysarthria and coordination problems from the age of 15. Examination showed dysarthria, facial dystonia, bibrachial dystonia, hyperreflexia, ataxia, and emotional incontinence. Downward supranuclear gaze palsy was prominent with a "Round the Houses" sign.
Crespi, Joan Vidal +4 more
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Acute dystonia in a patient with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Mental Illness, 2015 The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (di George syndrome) is one of the most prevalent genetic disorders. The clinical features of the syndrome are distinct facial appearance, velopharyngeal insufficiency, conotruncal heart disease, parathyroid and immune ...
Konstantinos Kontoangelos +4 more
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Post Stroke Lingual Dystonia: Clinical Description and Neuroimaging Findings
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019 Background: Lingual dystonia is extremely rare following stroke. We describe clinical features and neuroimaging findings in a series of 11 patients (seven acute and four chronic) with post-stroke lingual dystonia and review the literature.
Sanjay Pandey, Priyanka Tater
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Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2018 Background Dystonia-deafness syndrome is a well-known clinical entity, with sensorineural deafness typically manifesting earlier than dystonia. ACTB p.Arg183Trp heterozygosity has been reported in six patients to cause combined infant-onset deafness and ...
Inger Marie Skogseid +8 more
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Case Reports in Dentistry, 2021 Mandibular parasymphysis fracture is very commonly observed especially in old age when there is resorptions of the alveolar ridges. In cervical dystonia, there is centrally mediated disease in which there is uncontrolled and spasmodic contraction of the ...
Anand deep Shukla +4 more
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Treatment of Dystonia Using Trihexyphenidyl in Costello Syndrome
Brain Sciences, 2020 Costello syndrome (CS), a rare syndrome with multisystemic involvement inherited as a dominant trait, is characterized by developmental delay, coarse facial appearance, cardiac defects including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, skin abnormalities, brain ...
Domenico M. Romeo +7 more
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