title: [Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome. Case report].
abstract: Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome is characterized by diplegia involving the face, the pharynx, the tongue and the masticatory muscles, with automatic-voluntary dissociation due to vascular damage of both operculi. The prognosis is usually good for life expectancy. The authors describe a 46-year-old man in whom one operculum was destroyed because of a birth trauma, the other one was injured by an ischemic infarct in the territory of the middle cerebral artery. The clinical correlations to the site of the lesions are discussed. They confirm the diagnostic value of CT scan in evaluating this syndrome.
mesh_terms: D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008410:Masticatory Muscles; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014059:Tongue
vernacular_title: Sindrome di Foix-Chavany-Marie descrizione di un caso.