Atypical Presentations of Foix-Chavany-Marie Syndrome (FCMS) in Stroke

Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS) presents with anarthria and bilateral (B/L) central facio-linguo-velo-pharyngo-masticatory paralysis with “autonomic voluntary dissociation.” Even though this syndrome is also referred to as (B/L) anterior operculum syndrome, patients with lesion in sites other than (B/L) opercular regions also can develop the syndrome. In this article we describe two such atypical cases.