Life-threatening respiratory failure due to cranial dystonia after dental procedure in a patient with multiple system atrophy.
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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.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8 |
| ISSN | 0885-3185 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
| pubmed | 12889091 |
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