Unilateral tongue atrophy due to an enlarged emissary vein in the hypoglossal canal

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 477-479

  Shiozawa, Zenji ^a   Koike, George ^b   Seguchi, Kyoji ^b   Shindo, Kazumasa ^a   Sugita, Ken ichiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Seguchi Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomography; cranial nerve palsy; emissary vein; Hypoglossal nerve; magnetic resonance imaging; skull base tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TONGUE DISEASE; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0029947187     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00375-4     Document Type: Article

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