Isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP) is uncommon with only a few case
reports and two case series in literature. Our study is the largest case series including
12 patients. Till date isolated HNP was considered an ominous clinical sign indicat-
ing an underlying malignancy, however ,in the present case series treatable causes
such as tubercular central nervous system infection(33%)and idiopathic (25%) cases
overweighed the neoplastic (16%) etiology. Sarcoidosis (8%), atlanto occipital disloca-
tion (8%) and aberrant ectatic vessel in the hypoglossal canal (8%) were contributory in the remaining cases.60% of the patients had a signifcant clinical recovery during follow up. The present study emphasizes that isolated HNP does not always herald a grave prognosis and an extensive diagnostic workup in these cases may yield common and potentially treatable etiologies.
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Título : Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience: Isolated Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve
Palsy: A Study of 12 cases
EAN : cdljn21716606
Editorial : Fundación de Neurociencias
Fecha de publicación
: 3/4/12
Formato : PDF
Tamaño del archivo : 555.69 kb
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