Oculo-Facial-Skeletal Myorhythmia in Whipple Disease: Treatment with Ceftriaxone
Authors: Charles H. Adler
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1990)

Brief Reports15 March 1990Oculo-Facial-Skeletal Myorhythmia in Whipple Disease: Treatment with CeftriaxoneCharles H. Adler, MD, PhD, Steven L. Galetta, MDCharles H. Adler, MD, PhDSearch for more papers by this author, Steven L. Galetta, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-76-3-112-6-467 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhipple disease is a chronic, systemic disorder resulting in steatorrhea, weight loss, arthralgias, fever, and neurologic symptoms (1). Central nervous system manifestations may occur without systemic involvement (2-4), and include headache, seizures, meningitis, myoclonus, dementia, and supranuclear ophthalmoplegia (1-4). A unique, possibly pathognomonic, movement disorder, involving a slow (1 Hz) convergent-divergent pendular nystagmus, associated with synchronous, rhythmic movements of the mouth and other body parts, has been called oculomasticatory or oculo-facial-skeletal myorhythmia. It has previously been reported in six patients with biopsy-proven Whipple disease (5-9). We report a patient with Whipple disease with amnesia, meningitis, supranuclear ophthalmoparesis, and oculo-facial-skeletal myorhythmia...References1. ComerBrandtAbissi GLC. Whipple's disease: a review. Am J Gastroenterol. 1983;78:107-14. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. PallisLewis CP. Neurology of gastrointestinal disease. In: Vinken PJ, Bruyn SW, eds. The Handbook of Neurology. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Company; 1980:39 (Part II): 449-68. Google Scholar3. PollockLewisKendall SPB. Whipple's disease confined to the nervous system. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1981;44:1104-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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