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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol · Aug 2004
Case ReportsUnilateral spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery presenting as hypoglossal nerve palsy.
- Harriët C Hafkamp, Ann Van Der Goten, and Johannes J Manni.
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P. Debeyelaan 25, P.O.Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands. hhaf@skno.azm.nl
- Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2004 Aug 1;261(7):405-8.
AbstractA rare case of an isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy in a 61-year-old man is reported. Imaging showed a dissection of the extracranial internal carotid artery. The expansion of the circumference of the artery causes compression of the hypoglossal nerve resulting in a palsy. To the best of our knowledge this disorder has twice been dealt with in the otorhinolaryngological literature.
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