Palatal myoclonus and clicking tinnitus in a 12-year-old girl--case report

Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 2000:543:61-2. doi: 10.1080/000164800453982.

Abstract

Palatal myoclonus is a rare neurological disorder of the soft palate and other oropharyngeal muscles, which causes clicking tinnitus. The latter is audible both to the patient and to an observer. The aetiology may be a brain stem lesion, and it is only rarely that a cause cannot be identified. The condition has been described in adults, but seldom in children. We present here a case of palatal myoclonus with distressing tinnitus in a 12-year-old girl and its successful treatment with electromyography (EMG)-guided injections of Clostridium botulinum toxin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Dyskinesia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Botulinum Toxins / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Electromyography / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myoclonus / complications*
  • Myoclonus / drug therapy
  • Myoclonus / physiopathology*
  • Palate, Soft / physiopathology*
  • Tinnitus / drug therapy
  • Tinnitus / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
  • Botulinum Toxins