Eryılmaz Aylin, Başal Yeşim, Günel Ceren, Ozkul Ayca, Tosun Ayşe
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
Department of Neurology Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
Iran J Child Neurol. 2015 Fall;9(4):75-7.
Objective Essential Palatal Tremor (PT) is a disorder in which radiological brain images appear normal but the clicking noise caused by peritubal, palatal muscle contractions remains the main complaint of patients. The condition occurs rarely in childhood. This paper demonstrates such a rare case with bilateral presentation of essential PT in a 12-yr-old girl could successfully be treated with botulinum toxin therapy at Otorhinolaryngology Department in 2013, as she was still asymptomatic after 16 months. Besides, being minimally invasive with negligible side effects, this choice of treatment with botulinum toxin A (BTA) leads to a long-term symptom free outcome from essential PT.
目的 特发性腭震颤(PT)是一种疾病,其脑部放射影像显示正常,但咽鼓管周围、腭部肌肉收缩所产生的咔嗒声仍是患者的主要诉求。该病症在儿童时期很少见。本文展示了这样一个罕见病例,一名12岁双侧特发性PT的女孩于2013年在耳鼻喉科接受肉毒杆菌毒素治疗后获得成功,16个月后仍无症状。此外,肉毒杆菌毒素A(BTA)这种治疗选择具有微创性且副作用可忽略不计,能使特发性PT实现长期无症状的治疗效果。