Bilateral olivary hypertrophy and palatal myoclonus

Surg Neurol. 1998 Feb;49(2):215-6. doi: 10.1016/s0090-3019(97)00185-7.

Abstract

We report on a case of palatal myoclonus associated with olivary hypertrophy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a 63-year-old man. This rare radiological finding must be differentiated from a brainstem tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Stem
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy / complications*
  • Hypertrophy / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myoclonus / etiology*
  • Olivary Nucleus / pathology*
  • Palate, Soft*