Bilateral and unilateral internal carotid artery dissection causing isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy: A case report and review of the literature

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-393

  Olzowy, B ^a   Lorenzl, S ^a   Guerkov, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypoglossal nerve palsy; Internal carotid artery dissection; Lingual tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE SWELLING; TONSILLITIS;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE;

EID: 33745577849     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-005-1005-3     Document Type: Article

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