Isolated lingual involvement in Wilson’s disease

ABSTRACT 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 swall...

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Published inJournal of neurosciences in rural practice Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 431 - 433
Main Authors Choudhary, Neera, Joshi, Laxmikant, Duggal, Ashish, Puri, Vinod, Khwaja, Geeta Anjum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd 01.07.2015
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Subjects
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Copper
Diagnosis
Hypertension
Liver diseases
Patient outcomes
Patients
Risk factors
Ultrasonic imaging
Wilson's disease
India
lingual involvement
Wilson’s disease
Bradykinesia
Wilson's disease
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Summary:ABSTRACT 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.
ISSN:0976-3147
0976-3155
DOI:10.4103/0976-3147.154578