Lingual myoclonus associated with brain tumour: an epileptic origin?
We describe a 59-year-old man, suffering from a left-sided weakness, who was diagnosed with a right frontal oligodendroglioma. One month after a craniotomy, he complained of perioral numbness and slurred speech, which lasted about an hour. Neurological examination discovered dysarthric speech and repetitive, rhythmic myoclonic jerks of the tongue and the lower lip. We suggest this lingual myoclonus was an epileptic phenomenon associated with brain tumour.
Yilmaz
Rezzak
R
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ankara, Turkey. rezzakyilmaz@gmail.com
Arica
Busra S
BS
Yigit
Aytac
A
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology