title: [Soft palate myoclonus and opsoclonus in disorders of cerebrovascular circulation in the vertebrobasilar system].
abstract: In 4 patients with residual cerebral circulation disorders in the vertebrobasilar vascular bed, the myoclonus of soft palate, pharynx, larynx, tongue (in 2 cases comprising opsoclonus) developed among other signs of brainstem or cerebellar lesions. Myoclonic hyperkinesia emerged after 1.5 to 4 months of the disease, not in its acute period, and was not related to second stroke. With focal neurological signs analyzed, the syndrome of the soft palate myoclonus++ plus opsoclonus appeared in connection with the lesions of upper cerebellar crus where dento olivary++ pathway and the fibers connecting the cerebellar flocculus with oculomotor nuclei run. Soft palate myoclonus++ without opsoclonus emerges with lesions of cerebellar dental nucleus and central pathway of the brainstem tegmentum.
authors: L A
authors: LA
authors: Kalashnikova
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Lavrova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000150:complications*; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles; D002527:Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergia / Q000150:complications*; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000209:etiology*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles; D010156:Palatal Muscles; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Miokloniia miagkogo neba i opsoklonus pri narusheniiakh mozgovogo krovoobrashcheniia v vertebra'lno-baziliarnoĭ sisteme.