Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome in a 17-year-old female with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Renata Conforti; Raffaella Capasso; Guglielmo Capaldo; Clemente Dato; Dario Saracino; Giuseppe Di Iorio; Mariarosa A Melone

doi:10.2147/NDT.S68098

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome in a 17-year-old female with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2014 Nov 20:10:2249-52. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S68098. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Renata Conforti¹, Raffaella Capasso¹, Guglielmo Capaldo², Clemente Dato², Dario Saracino², Giuseppe Di Iorio², Mariarosa A Melone²

Affiliations

¹ Neuroradiology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
² Division of Neurology and Interuniversity Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.

Abstract

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome is characterized by bilateral facio-glosso-pharyngo-masticatory paralysis of voluntary movement due to bilateral anterior opercular lesions. We describe the case of a 17-year-old female affected by Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome and congenital cytomegalovirus infection, evaluating the possible etiopathogenetic correlation between cerebral cortical dysplasia and intrauterine infections.

Keywords: Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome; cortical dysplasia; cytomegalovirus; opercular syndrome; polymicrogyria.

Publication types

Case Reports