Facio-Oculo-Palatal Myoclonus Complicated by a Recurrent Brainstem Stroke

Yuvadee Pitakpatapee; Prachaya Srivanitchapoom

doi:10.7916/tohm.v0.658

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements (Jul 2019)

Facio-Oculo-Palatal Myoclonus Complicated by a Recurrent Brainstem Stroke

Yuvadee Pitakpatapee,
Prachaya Srivanitchapoom

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Yuvadee Pitakpatapee: Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, TH
Prachaya Srivanitchapoom: Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, TH

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7916/tohm.v0.658
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 0
pp. 1 – 2

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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.

Published in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

ISSN: 2160-8288 (Online)
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://tremorjournal.org

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