title: Unusual cranial metastasis from hepatoma presenting as isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve paresis--case report.
abstract: A 45-year-old male presented with a rare right hypoglossal nerve paresis due to an unusual cranial metastatic tumor from hepatoma. Despite multi-drug chemotherapy and arterial embolization, he died about 1 year later. Such metastasis should be considered as the cause of isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve paresis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuhara
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed