Myoclonic syndrome and dentate nucleus lesion after excision of giant acoustic neurinoma.
The authors describe one case of a Myoclonic Syndrome appeared after the excision  of a giant acoustic neurinoma. On the basis of autoptic studies, Myoclonic Syndromes, similar to the one reported here, have been shown to be associated to lesions of the Dentate Nucleus. Cranial computed tomography indicates, in our case, a cerebellar lesion localized in the Dentate Nucleus region. This figure allows the authors to correlate "in vivo" the anatomo-clinical data.
D000328:Adult; D002529:Cerebellar Nuclei / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed