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Episodic focal lingual dystonic spasms
Author(s) -
Edwards Mark,
Schott Geoffrey,
Bhatia Kailash
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10436
Subject(s) - tongue , dystonia , medicine , movement disorders , focal dystonia , neurological disorder , psychology , neuroscience , pediatrics , central nervous system disease , pathology , disease
We present the clinical history of a woman with idiopathic episodic focal lingual dystonic spasms. Although dystonic spasms of the tongue have been reported as a primary persistent phenomenon and as a feature of secondary dystonias, primary episodic lingual dystonias are rare, tend to be unilateral, and in contrast to most other paroxysmal movement disorders, do not appear responsive to anti‐epileptic drugs. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society
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