[Involvement of the major hypoglossal nerve disclosing dissection of internal carotid artery]

P Auzou; D Hannequin; B Patrux; F Proust; J P Marie; P Augustin

[Involvement of the major hypoglossal nerve disclosing dissection of internal carotid artery]

Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac. 1996;113(1):45-7.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Auzou¹, D Hannequin, B Patrux, F Proust, J P Marie, P Augustin

Affiliation

¹ Clinique Neurologique, CHU Charles Nicolle, Rouen.

PMID: 8763775

Abstract

The authors report on a case of hypoglossal nerve palsy revealing an homolateral dissection of the internal carotid artery in the retrostyloid space. MR Imaging and MR angiography revealed the dissecting aneurysm and enabled to study its evolution.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Dissection / complications*
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
Carotid Artery, Internal
Cranial Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
Cranial Nerve Diseases / etiology
Humans
Hypoglossal Nerve*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Paralysis / etiology*