Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease
Lingual involvement can occur in a variety of neurological disorders including pyramidal, extrapyramidal and lower motor neuron disorders. It can be seen in the form of tremor, bradykinesia, dystonia, atrophy and weakness of tongue movements and can clinically present as difficulty in swallowing and...
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doaj-0932740a504047819709f10ac742c71d2021-04-02T11:24:01ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice0976-31470976-31552015-03-0160343143310.4103/0976-3147.154578Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s diseaseNeera Choudhary0Laxmikant Joshi1Ashish Duggal2Vinod Puri3Geeta Anjum Khwaja4Department of Neurology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research, Delhi, IndiaLingual involvement can occur in a variety of neurological disorders including pyramidal, extrapyramidal and lower motor neuron disorders. It can be seen in the form of tremor, bradykinesia, dystonia, atrophy and weakness of tongue movements and can clinically present as difficulty in swallowing and dysarthria which can be a source of great discomfort to the patient. We describe a patient who presented with isolated lingual involvement and was diagnosed to have Wilsons’s disease. This case emphasizes the clinical variability in presentation of Wilson’s disease and importance of early clinical diagnosis.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.154578bradykinesialingual involvementwilson’s disease |
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Neera Choudhary Laxmikant Joshi Ashish Duggal Vinod Puri Geeta Anjum Khwaja Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice bradykinesia lingual involvement wilson’s disease |
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Neera Choudhary Laxmikant Joshi Ashish Duggal Vinod Puri Geeta Anjum Khwaja |
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Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease |
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Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease |
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Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease |
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Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease |
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Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease |
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isolated lingual involvement in wilson’s disease |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. |
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Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice |
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0976-3147 0976-3155 |
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Lingual involvement can occur in a variety of neurological disorders including pyramidal, extrapyramidal and lower motor neuron disorders. It can be seen in the form of tremor, bradykinesia, dystonia, atrophy and weakness of tongue movements and can clinically present as difficulty in swallowing and dysarthria which can be a source of great discomfort to the patient. We describe a patient who presented with isolated lingual involvement and was diagnosed to have Wilsons’s disease. This case emphasizes the clinical variability in presentation of Wilson’s disease and importance of early clinical diagnosis. |
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bradykinesia lingual involvement wilson’s disease |
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