Delayed glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve paralysis following occipital condyle fracture

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 522-525

  Urculo, Enrique ^a   Arrazola, Mariano ^a   Arrazola Jr , Mariano ^a   Riu, Ignacio ^a   Moyua, Arantxa ^a  

^a Policlinica Guipuzcoa   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glossopharyngeal nerve; Head injury; Occipital condyle fracture; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; VAGUS NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARALYSIS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030067684     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.3.0522     Document Type: Article

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