Isolated laryngeal myokymia: Diagnosis and treatment

✍ Scribed by Jacob Sedgh; Melissa M. Statham; Michael C. Munin; George Small; Clark A. Rosen

• Book ID: 102451161
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 218 KB
• Volume: 120
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0023-852X
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.20846

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Myokymia is an uncommon neuromuscular disorder that rarely affects the human larynx. No previous reports of isolated laryngeal myokymia are present in the literature, and as such, established treatment protocols are lacking. We report the first case of isolated laryngeal myokymia in a 48‐year‐old woman with no other neurological findings, and our successful results in initial treatment and maintenance therapy with focal intralaryngeal injections of botulinum toxin A. Laryngoscope, 2010