tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Eating dysfunction associated with oromandibular dystonia: clinical characteristics and treatment considerations"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Eating dysfunction associated with oromandibular dystonia: clinical characteristics and treatment considerations | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Short report Open Access Eating dysfunction associated with oromandibular dystonia clinical characteristics and treatment considerations Spiridon Papapetropoulos t and Carlos Singed Address Division of Movement Disorders Department of Neurology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami FL USA Email Spiridon Papapetropoulos - spapapetropoulos@ Carlos Singer - csinger@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 07 December 2006 Received 31 May 2006 Accepted 07 December 2006 Head Face Medicine 2006 2 47 doi 1746-160X-2-47 H This article is available from http content 2 1 47 2006 Papapetropoulos and Singer licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background In oromandibular dystonia OMD abnormal repetitive contractions of masticatory facial and lingual muscles as well as the presence of orobuccolingual OBL dyskinesias may interfere with the appropriate performance of tasks such as chewing and swallowing leading to significant dysphagia and weight loss. We present here the clinical characteristics and treatment variables of a series of patients that developed an OMD-associated eating dysfunction. Methods We present a series of patients diagnosed and followed-up at the Movement Disorders Clinic of the Department of Neurology of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine over a 10-year period. Patients were treated with botulinum toxin injections according to standard methods. Results Five out of 32 OMD patients experienced symptoms of eating dysfunction associated with OMD. Significant weight loss was reported in 3 5 patients ranged for 13-15 lbs . Two patients regained the lost weight after .