title: Unusual cause of jugular foramen syndrome.
abstract: The jugular foramen syndrome and its more common variants have been described. Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the head and neck was discussed and its relation to cranial nerve dysfunction was reviewed, with presentation of an unusual case of plasmacytoma resulting in a variant of the jugular foramen syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003391:Cranial Nerves; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome