Tongue myokymia presenting twelve years after radiation therapy

OBJECTIVE: This case is a patient with tongue myokymia following radiation therapy 12 years earlier, documented using video and EMG. CASE REPORT: A 68-year-old woman with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma presented with subacute onset of difficulty in speaking and involuntary movements of her to...

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Autores principales: Tiftikcioglu, Bedile Irem, Bulbul, Ismail, Ozcelik, Metin Murat, Piskin-Demir, Gonul, Zorlu, Yasar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Clinical and Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2016.05.002
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: This case is a patient with tongue myokymia following radiation therapy 12 years earlier, documented using video and EMG. CASE REPORT: A 68-year-old woman with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma presented with subacute onset of difficulty in speaking and involuntary movements of her tongue approximately 12 years after radiation therapy to head and neck. Electromyography displayed myokymic discharges. There was no evidence of recurrent malignancy. SIGNIFICANCE: Delayed effects of radiation therapy might be seen decades later. Myokymic discharges may reveal radiation-induced neuropathy.

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