Lingual myoclonus associated with brain tumour: an epileptic origin?

YILMAZ R., Arica B. S., Yigit A.

EPILEPTIC DISORDERS, cilt.12, sa.4, ss.303-305, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1684/epd.2010.0333
  • Dergi Adı: EPILEPTIC DISORDERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.303-305
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: myoclonus, lingual, epileptic, brain tumour, epilepsia partialis continua
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We describe a 59-year-old man, suffering from a left-sided weakness, who was diagnosed with a right frontal oligodendroglioma. One month after a craniotomy, he complained of perioral numbness and slurred speech, which lasted about an hour. Neurological examination discovered dysarthric speech and repetitive, rhythmic myoclonic jerks of the tongue and the lower lip. We suggest this lingual myoclonus was an epileptic phenomenon associated with brain tumour. [Published with video sequences]