Journal article
Clinical presentation and management of proatlas segmentation defect presenting with palatal myoclonus: case report
Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, Vol.16(3), pp.317-321
09/2015
DOI: 10.3171/2015.1.PEDS14671
PMID: 26023804
Abstract
Clinical presentation of craniovertebral junction disorders may range from acute catastrophic neurological deficits to insidious signs and symptoms that may mask the underlying etiology. Prompt recognition and treatment is essential to avert long-term neurological morbidity. Proatlas segmentation disorders are a rare group of developmental disorders involving the craniocervical junction. Abnormal bony segmentation leads to malformed bony structures that can in turn lead to neurological deficits through bony compression of the cervicomedullary junction. This report details a proatlas segmentation defect presenting as palatal myoclonus, a rare movement disorder. The clinical presentation, surgical management, and neuroanatomical basis for the disorder is presented. This report highlights the myriad clinical presentations of craniovertebral disorders and emphasizes a rare but treatable etiology for palatal myoclonus.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Clinical presentation and management of proatlas segmentation defect presenting with palatal myoclonus: case report
- Creators
- Raheel Ahmed - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaArnold H Menezes - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics, Vol.16(3), pp.317-321
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.3171/2015.1.PEDS14671
- PMID
- 26023804
- ISSN
- 1933-0707
- eISSN
- 1933-0715
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2015
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040382502771
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