Slowly progressive voluntary-automatic dissociation of facial movements (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome)

Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2007 Apr;28(2):137-40.

Abstract

We describe a case of slowly developing Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome associated with distinctive bilateral cortical atrophy of frontal lobes in a 59-year old woman. The neurophysiological mechanism and differential diagnosis concerning the unusually slow progression are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy
  • Brain Diseases / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Facial Muscles / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
  • Reflex / physiology*
  • Syndrome
  • Time Factors