In the present study, eight specimens of sheep (>1 year) of both sexes were dissected to provide a comprehensive description of the weight, allocation and nerve branches of the cranial cervical ganglion. The cranial cervical ganglion was found beneath the mandibular salivary gland. It was located ventromedial to tympanic bulla and ventrally to atlantic fossa. In three out of eight animals it wa...

Finding in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a set of several disorders caused by deficient lysosomal activity. This deficiency results in accumulation of a metachromatic lipid material, galactosylceramide sulfatide, leading to the breakdown of the myelin sheath in both central and peripheral nervous systems, initially sparing the subcortical “U” fibers. Several...

nunciation of the letter ‘S’. The patient also described experiencing a severe dysgeusia without involvement of the motor part of cranial nerve VII and moderate right facial pain. A few days later, the patient had sudden transient (1-hour) rotatory vertigo associated with nausea and aggravated by head movements. At this time, i.e. 10 days after the first symptoms, the patient was admitted to ho...

BACKGROUND Gradenigo's syndrome includes the triad of suppurative otitis media, ipsilateral sixth (abducens) cranial nerve palsy and facial pain in the distribution of the fifth (trigeminal) cranial nerve. Gradenigo's syndrome is rare, and the diagnosis is easily overlooked. This case is the first to report Gradenigo's syndrome presenting with meningitis on a background of chronic suppurative o...

reported are a total of 81 microsurgical operations for cranial nerve root decompression comprising of 66 trigeminal, 10 facial, one vestibular, one vagus and three accessory nerve dysfunction syndromes from 1983 to 1990. almost all cases of trigeminal neuralgia (tng) secondary to vascular (59 cases) and minute mass (10 cases) compression, and those with hemifacial spasm (hfs) (nine out of 10 c...

introduction: injury to cranial nerves ix, x, and xii is a known complication of laryngoscopy and intubation. here we present a patient with concurrent hypoglossal and recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after rhinoplasty. case report: the patient was a 27-year-old woman who was candidate for rhinoplastic surgery. the next morning after the operation, the patient complained of dysphonia and a s...

neurobrucellosis is a rare complication of brucellosis. several clinical forms of brucellosis affecting the cns have been reported, including meningitis, meningoencephalitis, myelitis, radiculoneuritis, cranial nerve involvement, and demyelinating or vascular disease. in this case report we introduce a 2.5 years old girl with unilateral abdocens nerve palsy.