Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome caused by a disconnection between the right pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus and the supplementary motor area

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 844-850

  Martino, Juan ^a   De Lucas, Enrique Marco ^a   Ibáñez Plágaro, Francisco Javier ^b   Valle Folgueral, José Manuel ^b   Vázquez Barquero, Alfonso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; Diffusion tensor imaging tractography; Foix Chavany Marie syndrome; Frontal aslant tract; Functional neurosurgery; Glioma; Insula; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; FOIX CHAVANY MARIE SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; PARS OPERCULARIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAVIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868365617     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS12404     Document Type: Article

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