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8299045

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
A 51-year-old man has suffered from progressive dysarthria since 1989. He himself noted slight weakness and tightness of the tongue, so that he was unable to perform motor tasks in a normal fashion. He was diagnosed as having nasopharyngeal carcinoma and had irradiation 70 Gy in 32 divided doses in 1979. Neurological examination revealed left-sided tongue atrophy and myokymia sparing of facial muscles involvement. Electrical discharges of myokymia and neuromyotonia were observed in the tongue muscles, suggesting hypoglossal nerve lesion with hyperexcitability of the axon membrance. Computed tomogram of brain did not show any evidence of recurrence of tumor; indicating that irradiation was the pathologic basis. Our report revealed that myokymia and neuromyotonia of the tongue was an unusual complication of irradiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0578-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Myokymia and neuromyotonia of the tongue: a case report of complication of irradiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurological Institute, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports