[Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome: anarthria and severe dyphagia after sequential bilateral infarction of the middle cerebral artery].

Abstract

Bilateral lesions of the opercula frontoparietalia are uncommon and cause a symptom cluster including anarthria, severe dysphagia, inability to chew and sometimes facial paresis. At the same time there is an automatic-voluntary dissociation, meaning that the affected muscles are functional within the scope of involuntary movements. This syndrome is known as Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS), (bilateral) anterior operculum syndrome or facio-pharyngo-glosso-masticatory diplegia. We report the case of a patient who suffered from FCMS after having infarctions in the territory of the middle cerebral artery on each side 4 years apart.

• Authors: M Guhra, M Poppenborg, C Hagemeister
• Journal: Der Nervenarzt (Nervenarzt) Vol. 79 Issue 2 Pg. 206-8 (Feb 2008) ISSN: 0028-2804 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Foix-Chavany-Marie-Syndrom : Anarthrie und Dysphagie nach zweizeitigen bilateralen Mediateilinfarkten.
• PMID: 17891533 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Deglutition Disorders (etiology, rehabilitation)
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Dominance, Cerebral (physiology)
• Dysarthria (etiology, rehabilitation)
• Facial Paralysis (etiology, rehabilitation)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hemiplegia (etiology, rehabilitation)
• Humans
• Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery (diagnosis, rehabilitation)
• Male
• Neurologic Examination
• Pneumonia, Aspiration (prevention & control)
• Recurrence
• Syndrome