Thread by @theneurolander

Jack-in-the-box tongue!!!

“The English Hippocrates”

English physician Thomas Sydenham (1624 – 1689)
discovered Sydenham's chorea

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Pathophysiology

“combination of chorea & motor impersistence”

https://twitter.com/theneurolander/status/1598156301728874496

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Definition

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

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Also known as

-jack-in-the-box, chorea
-flycatcher tongue, tardive dyskinesia
-‘bon-bon’ sign, tongue alternately pushes against the buccinator
-trombonist’s tongue, chronic alcoholism
-other: lizard tongue, chameleon tongue, snake tongue, adder tongue, harlequin tongue

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Neurology Made Interesting

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Rakanuzzaman Neuro Academy

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

youtube.com/shorts/a_lIlZX… via: Tony scaria

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

youtube.com/shorts/hSkc43c… via: Medscribe

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

youtube.com/shorts/hSkc43c… via: Medscribe

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Dr. Abhijit Gadewar

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Dr Khan Medics

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning
via: Tech, Med & More

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

youtube.com/shorts/t_CzX6F… via: Dheeraj Anupa

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Dr. Prodigious

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

youtube.com/shorts/vRGaDda… via: DocAsim

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Dr. Prodigious

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Everest

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

- chorea
- motor impersistence
- positioning & compensatory repositioning

via: Dove Medical Press

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

“unable to maintain tongue in protruded state and the tongue moves in and out”

Videofluoroscopic swallow in HD
- look at tongue movements

via: Karen Sheffler

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Jack-in-the-box tongue

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