Life-threatening respiratory failure due to cranial dystonia after dental procedure in a patient with multiple system atrophy. |
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| Authors: | Farsin Hamzei Michel Rijntjes Joystone Gbadamosi Kornelius Fuchs Cornelius Weiller Alexander Münchau |
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| Affiliation: | Neurology Department, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | We report on a woman with a an 8-year history of multiple system atrophy with predominance of parkinsonism who developed jaw-locking oromandibular dystonia within hours after insertion of ill-fitting dentures. Dystonia spread rapidly to involve other facial muscles and the larynx causing stridor with respiratory failure necessitating crush intubation. |
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| Keywords: | dystonia dental procedure multiple system atrophy |
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