Focal epilepsy presenting as tongue tremor: A case report

Plenty of etiologies are reported to cause tongue tremor. Focal epilepsy presenting as isolated tongue tremor is a rare condition, suggesting how variable the focal seizure presentation may be. This paper reports a case of focal epilepsy due to presence of a cavernous angioma in the region of cortic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Salari, Mehri, Rezaei, Kamran, Mirdehghan, Alimohammad, Behzadi, Arya, Etemadifar, Masoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35228883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5478
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Sumario:Plenty of etiologies are reported to cause tongue tremor. Focal epilepsy presenting as isolated tongue tremor is a rare condition, suggesting how variable the focal seizure presentation may be. This paper reports a case of focal epilepsy due to presence of a cavernous angioma in the region of cortical motor area related to tongue movements. It is an clinical example of pathological conditions affecting the tongue area in motor homunculus.

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