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Palatal Myoclonus (syn. Palatal Tremor).
Symptomatic palatal tremor is caused by a lesion in the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret and is associated with hypertrophic olivary degeneration that has multiple causes. Essential palatal tremor has no currently demonstrable cause and no accompanying physical or radiological signs. But it is probable that an organic genesis will become apparent. I suggest that some examples of palatal tremor...
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Palatal myoclonus is a rare condition in which there are rhythmic jerky movements of the soft palate and sometimes of the other muscles innervated by the brainstem A particularly annoying symptom is a rhythmic clicking sound in the ear due to the opening and closing of the Eustachian tube. Orofacial buccal dystonia is a focal dystonia with sustained spasms of the masticatory, facial or lingual ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Turkish Journal of Ear Nose and Throat
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1300-7475,2147-6756
DOI: 10.5606/kbbihtisas.2014.32858