1926
The first case was reported in 1837 by Magnus. The syndrome was described by Foix Chavany et Marie in 1926 1) , and called SFMC by Weller (1993). His literature review of 62 SFMC allowed the differentiation of five clinical types: the classical and most common form associated with cerebrovascular disease, a subacute form caused by central nervous system infections, a developmental form, a reversible form in children with epilepsy and a rare type associated with neurodegenerative disorders 2).
1)
Foix C, Chavany JA, Marie J (1926) Diplégie facio-linguomasticatrice
d’origine souscorticale sans paralysie des membres
(contribution à l’étude de la localisation des centres de la face du
membre supérieur). Rev Neurol 33:214–219
2)
Laurent-Vannier A, Fadda G, Laigle P, Dusser A, Leroy-Malherbe V.
[Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome in a child caused by a head trauma]. Rev Neurol
(Paris). 1999 May;155(5):387-90. Review. French. PubMed PMID: 10427603.