title: Galloping tongue: post-traumatic, episodic, rhythmic movements.
abstract: Two patients experienced delayed onset of episodic, rhythmic, involuntary movements of the tongue after head and neck trauma. These three-per-second waves began as posterior midline focal tongue contractions, lasted about 10 seconds in each episode, persisted for 2 to 4 months, and were not accompanied by other body movements or by EEG abnormality.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010507:Periodicity; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology