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Facio-Oculo-Palatal Myoclonus Complicated by a Recurrent Brainstem Stroke
Authors:
- Yuvadee PitakpatapeeEmail Yuvadee Pitakpatapee
- Prachaya Srivanitchapoom
Abstract
Background: A 54-year-old Thai male who has suffered from multiple episodes of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes developed facio-oculo-palatal myoclonus (FOPM) 1 month after the latest episode of the brainstem stroke.
Phenomenology Shown: The patient presented with semirhythmic, involuntary, horizontal jerky, and rotatory ocular oscillation concomitant with asymmetrical palatal and perioral myoclonus consistent with FOPM.
Educational value: FOPM is a useful clinical clue for diagnosing brainstem lesions, specifically in the Guillain–Mollaret triangle. The commonest etiology is cerebrovascular diseases.
- Year: 2019
- Volume: 9
- DOI: 10.5334/tohm.519
- Submitted on 6 Mar 2019
- Accepted on 14 Jun 2019
- Published on 31 Jul 2019
- Peer Reviewed