title: Lower cranial nerve palsies due to internal carotid dissection.
abstract: A 41-year-old man experienced intense headache and neck pain, bruits, and a complete unilateral cranial nerve palsy IX-XII (Collet-Sicard syndrome) after a trivial back trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging and angiography demonstrated features of bilateral internal carotid artery dissection with aneurysm formation at the base of the skull compressing the nerves at the level of the jugular foramen. Severe dysphagia persisted for 1 month but rapidly improved after occlusion of the carotid aneurysm with a detachable balloon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waespe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niesper
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Imhof
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valavanis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography