Holmes tremor in association with bilateral hypertrophic olivary degeneration and palatal tremor: chronological considerations. Case report Tremor de Holmes em associação com degeneração olivar hipertrófica bilateral e tremor palatal: considerações cronológicas. Relato de caso

Holmes tremor in association with bilateral hypertrophic olivary degeneration and palatal tremor: chronological considerations. Case report Tremor de Holmes em associação com degeneração olivar hipertrófica bilateral e tremor palatal: considerações cronológicas. Relato de caso

Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a rare type of neuronal degeneration involving the dento-rubro-olivary pathway and presents clinically as palatal tremor. We present a 48 year old male patient who developed Holmes' tremor and bilateral HOD five months after brainstem hemorrhage. The s...

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Main Authors: Carlos R.M. Rieder, Ricardo Gurgel Rebouças, Marcelo Paglioli Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
tremor rubral
tremor mesencefálico
tremor de Holmes
miorritmia
mioclonus palatal
rubral tremor
midbrain tremor
Holmes' tremor
myorhythmia
palatal myoclonus
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