Breathing dystonia in Meige syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dyspnoea is rarely mentioned in the clinical description of adult-onset isolated dystonia. In this study, we present the clinical features of 13 patients with Meige syndrome (cranio-cervical dystonia) with breathing difficulties.

Methods

A retrospective case note review was performed of patients presenting with Meige syndrome and shortness of breath, to a neuro-laryngology MDT clinic.

Results

Some patients were severely limited by their breathlessness, but others did not volunteer these symptoms. The majority of patients were referred with the assumption that the larynx was the cause of the problem; however half the patients did not have evidence of laryngeal involvement. Of the patients who had laryngeal involvement, injecting the larynx alone did not alwa

SUBMITTER: Watson NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436071 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature