title: Palatal tremor as a manifestation of epilepsia partialis continua caused by acute precentral gyral infarction.
abstract: We describe a patient with palatal tremor (PT) as a manifestation of focal seizure caused by acute cortical infarction. Brain MRI showed acute infarction in the left precentral gyrus without evidence of brainstem lesions or hypertrophy of the inferior olivary nucleus. We discuss the differences between our patient and previous reports of symptomatic PT and the mechanisms involved in the development of PT associated with cortical lesions.
authors: Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Republic of Korea.
authors: Hyun-Jung
authors: HJ
authors: Jung
authors: Seong-Min
authors: SM
authors: Choi
authors: Jong-Kyung
authors: JK
authors: Lee
authors: Seung-Han
authors: SH
authors: Lee
authors: Byeong C
authors: BC
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D017036:Epilepsia Partialis Continua / Q000209:etiology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014202:Tremor / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Cerebral infarction; Palatal tremor; Seizure