[Objective tinnitus and palatal myoclonus. A new therapeutic approach].
The syndrome combining velar myoclonia with objective tinnitus is rare and, in adults, it corresponds most of the times to a neurological lesion of the dento-olivary tractus. Its functional manifestations are often invalidating and propounded medical treatments uneffective. The authors report a case in which local injection of botulinus toxin allowed to obtain satisfactory functional improvement. Such therapy may prove useful when conventional management is failing.
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Service d'ORL, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.
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D000328:Adult; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009847:Olivary Nucleus; D010160:Palate, Soft; D013577:Syndrome; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
D001905:Botulinum Toxins
Acouphène objectif et myoclonies vélaires. Nouvelle approche thérapeutique.