Jugular foramen syndrome caused by varicella zoster virus infection in a patient with ipsilateral hypoplasia of the jugular foramen

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-72

  Hayashi, Toshihiro ^a   Murayama, Shigeo ^a   Sakurai, Masaki ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case report; Hypoplasia of the jugular foramen; Jugular foramen syndrome; Nerve compression syndromes; Varicella zoster virus infection; Zoster sine herpete

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROSTAVASIN;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DYSPHAGIA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VAGUS NERVE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; X RAY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SKULL BASE; SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033989672     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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