Visualization of Parkinsonian Tongue Tremor on Ultrasonography

Masakazu Hirose; Takamichi Kitagawa; Toshihiko Suenaga

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2390

Visualization of Parkinsonian Tongue Tremor on Ultrasonography

JAMA Neurol. 2022 Oct 1;79(10):1081-1082. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2390.

Authors

Masakazu Hirose^{1

2}, Takamichi Kitagawa^{3

4}, Toshihiko Suenaga¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
⁴ Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nara Prefecture General Medical Center, Nara, Japan.

PMID: 35994258
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.2390

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes involuntary trembling of the tongue accompanied by throat discomfort and affected voice quality in a patient with a history of hypertension and ventricular extrasystole.

MeSH terms

Humans
Tongue* / diagnostic imaging
Tremor* / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography