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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1994;37(6): 1298-302. |
A Case of Palatal Myoclonus Triggered by Noise and barotrauma |
Young Seok Chung, MD, Chang Ho Shim, MD, Dong Hyun Kim, MD, and Hee Weon Kwean, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
소음과 압력상해에 의해 격발된 구개간대성근경련증 1례 |
정영석 · 심창호 · 김동현 · 권희원 |
국군수도병원 이비인후과 |
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ABSTRACT |
Palatal myoclonus is a rare syndrome characterized by an involuntary rhythmic movement of the soft palate, occasionally involving the muscles of pharynx, larynx, and diaphragm. Many authors reported that the clinical manifestations of this disease result from the lesion involving the dentato-rubro-olivary pathway and the inferior olivary nucleus. In general, this condition is notoriously resistant to therapies. But, several reports described improvement of palatal myoclonus during sleep or medical and surgical treatment. This 22-year-old man was exposed to noise and barotrauma. On an hour after exposure, he began to show rapid and repeatitive contraction of soft palate(60 per minute) including subjective tinnitus. Palatal myoclonus has continued during sleep and it did not respond to phenytoin, chlonazepam, valproic acid, and alprazolam. For the further treatment modality, we report a case of palatal myoclonus with a review of literature.
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Keywords:
Palatal myoclonusㆍObjective tinnitusㆍBarotrauma. |
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