We herein describe a rare case of ulcerative colitis associated with unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy. A 64-year-old woman developed severe active ulcerative colitis and was treated with prednisolone. The dose of oral prednisolone was reduced to 7.5 mg/day, following which the patient noticed slight dysphagia and a speech disturbance. She was diagnosed with unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy,...

Objectives Hypoglossal schwannomas are rare. Surgical resection has been the standard treatment modality. Radiosurgery has been increasingly used for treatment. Radiation-associated secondary malignancy/malignant transformation has not been documented in the literature for the treatment of nonvestibular schwannomas. Setting The patient was a 52-year-old man with an enlarging high cervical/skull...

To clarify the factors contributing to patient satisfaction with facial movement after the classic hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis, we examined 46 such patients who consented to an interview and video-recording. No correlation was seen between the physician's evaluation of returned function (according to Yanagihara's 40-point scale and the grading system of House-Brackmann) and the scores ...

Specific in vitro binding of 3H-methyltrienolone (R1881) was demonstrated in 100,000 X g supernatant (cytosol) of hypoglossal, facial, and cochlear nuclei and tongue muscles of adult rats. Binding sites in these cranial nerve nuclei and tongue muscles were of high affinity, limited capacity, with steroid specificity; and they were capable of translocation to the cell nuclei in vivo. Accordingly...

Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by recurrent episodes of pharyngeal collapse, which result from a decrease in pharyngeal dilator muscle tone. The genioglossus is a major pharyngeal dilator that maintains airway patency during sleep. Early studies in animal and humans have demonstrated that electrical stimulation of this muscle reduces pharyngeal collapsibility, increases airflow, and m...

ZALEWSKI, ANDREW A. Efects of reinnervation on denervated skeletal muscle by axons uf motor, sensory, and sympathtic neurons. Am, J, Physiol. 219(6): 1675-1679. 1970.-Although the effects of denervation on skeletal muscle are reversed after reinnervation by axons of any somatic motor neurons, reinnervation by dendrites of sensory neurons has always proved unsuccessful. In order to determine whe...

Hypoglossal nerve injury is a rare complication of anaesthesia airway management in adults. Until now the use of nitrous oxide for anaesthesia supposedly contributed to this complication. We present a case of bilateral hypoglossal nerve injury following the use of a laryngeal mask airway without the use of nitrous oxide. At the conclusion of 3 h of surgery in extreme side rotation, a 15-year-ol...

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 ...