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SUBMITTER: Digby R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267693 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Digby Richard R Wells Adam A Menon David D Helmy Adel A
Acta neurochirurgica 20181017 12
This report describes a case of a 62-year-old man who developed Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome subsequent to traumatic brain injury. The initial presentation of the syndrome was profound loss of voluntary control of orofacial muscles, causing a loss of speech and impairment of swallow. Over subsequent months, a remarkable recovery of these functions was observed. The natural history of FCMS in this case was favourable, with good improvement in function over months. Furthermore, the pattern of bilat ...[more]