Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome

Meaning

Noun

A partial paralysis of the face, pharynx and jaw caused by bilateral damage to the operculum.

Origin

It was described in 1926 by Charles Foix, Jean Alfred Émile Chavany and Julien Marie.

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