Traumatic dissection of the internal carotid artery as unusual cause of hypoglossal nerve dysfunction

M Lemmerling; L Crevits; L Defreyne; E Achten; M Kunnen

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(95)00088-7

Traumatic dissection of the internal carotid artery as unusual cause of hypoglossal nerve dysfunction

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1996 Feb;98(1):52-4. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00088-7.

Authors

M Lemmerling¹, L Crevits, L Defreyne, E Achten, M Kunnen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 8681481
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00088-7

Abstract

A dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in a 50-year-old man with hypoglossal nerve dysfunction is reported. This case illustrates how non-invasive imaging techniques, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography, can demonstrate this unusual etiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
Aortic Dissection / physiopathology*
Carotid Artery, Internal / physiopathology*
Cerebral Angiography
Humans
Hypoglossal Nerve / physiopathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed