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Paraganglioma of the hypoglossal nerve.
OBJECTIVES To report a case of paraganglioma arising from the hypoglossal nerve and review the anatomy, clinical features, and literature to date. STUDY DESIGN Case report and review of the literature. METHODS Case records including paper and electronic chart and imaging reports were reviewed and summarized for the index case. A literature search was performed using pubmed keywords paragang...
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The hypoglossal nerve is a pure motor nerve. It provides motor control to the intrinsic and extrinsic tongue muscles thus being essential for normal tongue movement and coordination. In order to design a useful imaging approach and a working differential diagnosis in cases of hypoglossal nerve damage one has to have a good knowledge of the normal anatomy of the nerve trunk and its main branches...
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PATIENT Female, 58 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Solitary paraganglioma of the hypoglossal nerve Symptoms: Neck pain Medication: - Clinical Procedure: Surgical resection Specialty: Otolaryngology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors originating in the neural crest. Only a few cases of hypoglossal paraganglioma have been reported in the published literature. T...
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BACKGROUND Intraneural perineurioma or reticular perineurioma, which is 1 variant of extraneural perineurioma, has been rarely reported in the head and neck region. METHODS We report a case of a 52-year-old woman who wasseen with a swelling in the neck. A mass was found located on the medial aspect of the left submandibular gland and was palpated with a sponge-like texture. The mass was seen ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.057