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Spinal accessory mononeuropathy following posterior fossa decompression surgery
Author(s) -
Rescigno J. A.,
Felice K. J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.1c218.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accessory nerve , surgery , mononeuropathy , sternocleidomastoid muscle , decompression , complication , neck pain , pathology , peripheral neuropathy , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , alternative medicine
Isolated injury of the spinal accessory nerve is a well‐recognized complication of surgeries involving the posterior triangle of the neck. The procedures most commonly implicated are lymph node biopsy and carotid endarterectomy. We present a patient with isolated injury to the spinal accessory nerve, localized proximal to the innervation of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, which was noted following suboccipital decompression for an Arnold–Chiari malformation. To our knowledge, this association has not been previously reported.