%0 Journal Article
%T Essential rhythmic palatal myoclonus in a 51-year-old man
%A Rebeen R. Saeed
%A Zana A. Mohammed
%J Archive of "Oxford Medical Case Reports".
%D 2016
%R 10.1093/omcr/omw056
%X Essential palatal myoclonus is a rare movement disorder consisting of continuous rhythmic jerks of the soft palate; it usually develops secondary to brainstem or cerebellar disease called symptomatic rhythmic palatal myoclonus. Diagnosis is usually clinical, and some patients, however, fail to show evidence of a structural lesion like our patient called essential rhythmic palatal myoclonus. We report a 51-year-old man who has suffered from the condition and showed improvements on treatments
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782482/