Bilateral perisylvian softenings: Bilateral anterior opercular syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome)

Summary Five cases of facio-pharyngo-glosso-masticatory diplegia with automatic voluntary dissociation, i.e., bilateral anterior opercular syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome), are described together with the morphological correlations in four. The localizing value of the syndrome and of CT scanning are stressed.Following our normal practice, the names of the authors are listed alphabetically and this does not imply any senior or junior authorship