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Intern Med
November 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Japan.
A 72-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital with progressive hearing loss and dysphagia. Blood tests revealed elevated C-reactive protein and myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA). Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed hypertrophic pachymeningitis of the left middle cranial fossa with compression of the cranial nerves, including the trigeminal (V), facial (VII), glossopharyngeal (IX), and vagal (X) nerves, resulting in cranial nerve palsy.
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January 2024
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Koç University Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Spinal anesthesia is one of the most frequently performed regional anesthesia techniques for a variety of surgeries world-wide. Cranial nerve palsy is a rarely reported complication of central neuraxial block. The etiology varies; however, it is most often associated with nerve compression or traction due to intracranial hypotension.
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October 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Background: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GN) is a rare pain syndrome often underdiagnosed. This study aimed to assess the challenges in diagnosing GN and identify patients at risk of misdiagnosis.
Methods: Between 2010 and 2019, nine patients underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) of the glossopharyngeal nerve at two tertiary care hospitals.
Intern Med
September 2024
Department of Neurology, Brain and Nerve Center, Fukuoka Central Hospital, Japan.
We report the case of a 74-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease (PD) who developed acute dysphagia, dysarthria, and hoarseness. A neurological examination and nasopharyngeal fiberscopy revealed paralysis of the left glossopharyngeal, vagus, and hypoglossal nerves. No skin rash was observed.
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April 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background: This type of pain syndrome occurs suddenly and briefly, beginning unilaterally from one side of the face. Modestly stimulating speech can provoke it, affecting the ear, tongue, throat, and jaw angle. Interestingly, it is the sensory distribution of the auricular and the pharyngeal branches of the cranial nerves IX and X.
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