Inability to sneeze as a manifestation of medullary neoplasm.
A young man with headache was unable to sneeze despite a strong sensory urge to do so. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic neoplasm in the medulla oblongata that presumably interrupted the efferent arc of the sneezing reflex.
Martin
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Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
Handel
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Aldama
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D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012912:Sneezing