Open AccessInternal Carotid Artery dissection presenting as Isolated Hypoglossal nerve palsy
Author(s) -
Amir Adham Ahmad,
Amir Adham Ahmad,
P. Barr Travis,
Mark Doran
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0226
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , hypoglossal nerve , dissection (medical) , palsy , cranial nerve palsy , cranial nerves , stroke (engine) , carotid arteries , paralysis , surgery , cranial nerve disease , anatomy , tongue , pathology , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , eye disease , engineering
Internal carotid dissection most commonly presents as headache, focal neurological deficits or stroke. Rarely it can manifest itself by causing a palsy of the lower cranial nerves (IX, X, XI, XII). The reported incidence of isolated cranial nerve palsies is rare. We report a case of an internal carotid artery dissection manifesting as isolated XII (hypoglossal) cranial nerve palsy.