[Faciolingual dyskinesia]

Neurol Neurochir Pol. 1977 Nov-Dec;11(6):673-5.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The authors report 4 cases of faciolingual dyskinesias associated with involuntary movements of extremities and akinetic seizures in 12 cases. Improvement followed treatment with Rivotril. The syndrome is undoubtedly of organic extrapyramidal character, the disturbances probably orginating in reticular formation of the brainstem.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / diagnosis
  • Face*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Movement Disorders / etiology
  • Tongue Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Tongue Diseases / etiology