Open AccessVagal-Accessory-Hypoglossal Syndrome: Schmidt’s or Jackson’s?
Author(s) -
John Pearce
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000092791
Subject(s) - confusion , anatomy , paralysis , hypoglossal nerve , psychology , medicine , psychoanalysis , tongue , surgery , pathology
Paralysis of the vagal-accessory-hypoglossal nerves has many eponyms. Many cases were caused by injuries in the First World War. Confusion arose because of the varied anatomical sites and varied extent of tissues damaged. Hughlings Jackson’s name is justified by historical precedence, but descriptive terms of axial and extra-axial lesions are preferred.
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