PALATAL MYOCLONUS INDUCED BY EXTIRPATION OF A CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA - CASE-REPORT

Authors
NISHIGAYA K KANEKO M NAGASEKI Y NUKUI H
Citation
K. Nishigaya et al., PALATAL MYOCLONUS INDUCED BY EXTIRPATION OF A CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 88(6), 1998, pp. 1107-1110
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223085
Volume
88
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1107 - 1110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(1998)88:6<1107:PMIBEO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A 45-year-old woman developed a rare case of palatal myoclonus with no other neurological signs after undergoing extirpation of a small cere bellar low-grade astrocytoma that was located in the right dentate nuc leus. The palatal myoclonus has persisted for 4 years after the operat ion. Magnetic resonance T-2-weighted imaging revealed a high-intensity lesion in the left inferior olive. Palatal myoclonus associated with the removal of cerebellar tumors is unusuall but may easily be overloo ked.