Successful Treatment of Essential Palatal Tremor Lasting Over a Long Term with a Rare Application of Botulinum Toxin in a Child

Aylin Eryılmaz; Yeşim Başal; Ceren Günel; Ayca Ozkul; Ayşe Tosun

Successful Treatment of Essential Palatal Tremor Lasting Over a Long Term with a Rare Application of Botulinum Toxin in a Child

Iran J Child Neurol. 2015 Fall;9(4):75-7.

Authors

Aylin Eryılmaz¹, Yeşim Başal¹, Ceren Günel¹, Ayca Ozkul², Ayşe Tosun³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
² Department of Neurology Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.
³ Department of Pediatric Neurology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey.

PMID: 26664446
PMCID: PMC4670982

Abstract

Objective Essential Palatal Tremor (PT) is a disorder in which radiological brain images appear normal but the clicking noise caused by peritubal, palatal muscle contractions remains the main complaint of patients. The condition occurs rarely in childhood. This paper demonstrates such a rare case with bilateral presentation of essential PT in a 12-yr-old girl could successfully be treated with botulinum toxin therapy at Otorhinolaryngology Department in 2013, as she was still asymptomatic after 16 months. Besides, being minimally invasive with negligible side effects, this choice of treatment with botulinum toxin A (BTA) leads to a long-term symptom free outcome from essential PT.

Keywords: Botulinum toxin; Child; Essential palatal tremor.

Publication types

Case Reports