Kosei Nakamura, Yasuko Kuroha, Masahiro Hatakeyama, Atsushi Michael Kimura, Yukimi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Murakami, Masaki Watanabe, Hironaka Igarashi, Tetsuya Takahashi, Hitoshi Shimada
BACKGROUND: Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is a neurodegenerative disease diagnosed based on clinical manifestations such as asymmetrical parkinsonism, limb apraxia, and speech and language impairment. The background pathology of CBS is commonly a variety of proteinopathies, but association with cerebrovascular disease has also been reported. Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS) is a rare neurological disorder characterized by facio-pharyngo-glossal diplegia with automatic-voluntary movement dissociation presenting with bilateral paresis of the facial, lingual, pharyngeal and masticatory muscles...
December 12, 2023: BMC Geriatrics