The Big Yawning: Pathological Yawning as a Symptom of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders

Pathological yawning is rarely observed in cerebral or spinal diseases. A 67-year-old woman was admitted with a seven-day progressive hemisyndrome with left-sided limb ataxia and hypesthesia. The patient yawned with a high frequency, partially in salve-like episodes. MRI showed a cervical myelitis o...

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Main Authors: Veronika Spahlinger, Annette Niessen, Sebastian Rauer, Stefan Krämer, Matthias Reinhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9691863