title: [Unilateral paralysis of the lower cranial nerves caused by lesion of the internal carotid artery].
abstract: We report two cases of unilateral, isolated lower cranial nerves (IX, X, XI and XII) palsy: both were due to a lesion of the internal carotid artery in the para-pharyngeal space (a dissection and a pseudoaneurysm). The diagnosis was based upon magnetic resonance imaging and selective angiography. The normality of the external carotid artery on angiography led to the hypothesis of a direct compression of the lower cranial nerves in the para-pharyngeal space, rather than an ischemia of these nerves.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Delafontaine, Saint-Denis.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Broucker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Danziger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baril
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sangla
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Paralysie unilatérale des derniers nerfs crâniens par lésion de l'artère carotide interne.