Mystery Case: Hypoglossal nerve palsy in occipito-temporal pneumatization
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Mystery case: hypoglossal nerve palsy in occipito-temporal pneumatization.
A 47-year-old man, with a 25-year history of frequent scuba diving, presented with a right-sided hypoglossal palsy 2 days after occipital head trauma. CT showed excessive occipito-temporal and atlas pneumatization, soft tissue emphysema, right-sided opacification of mastoid air cells, and a right-sided hypoglossal canal fracture (figures 1 and 2). Hypoglossal palsy resolved spontaneously 10 day...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31826c1b41