Troupin A S, Kamm R F
Seizure Clinic, University of Washington Hospital, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
Dis Nerv Syst. 1974 Aug;35(8):378-80.
Myoclonus of the tongue is described for the first time as an isolated phenomenon and is related to the palatal-branchial myoclonus syndrome. Literature on the subject is reviewed. In the case which is presented the lingual myoclonus is seen to disappear, which is not the characteristic behavior of the palatal myoclonus syndrome. Since myoclonus of the tongue or palate is felt to represent a release of the primitive mechanism for integration of oral-pharyngeal movement from suprasegmental modulation, a sequence of events is proposed to explain the clinical findings on the basis of a discreet brain stem contusion at the upper medullary level.
舌肌阵挛首次被描述为一种孤立现象，并与腭-鳃肌阵挛综合征相关。对该主题的文献进行了综述。在本文所呈现的病例中，舌肌阵挛消失了，这并非腭肌阵挛综合征的典型表现。由于舌肌或腭肌阵挛被认为代表了从高级节段调制中释放出的口咽运动整合的原始机制，因此提出了一系列事件，以基于延髓上部水平的离散性脑干挫伤来解释临床发现。
