title: Transient unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy: a case report.
abstract: Transient unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy is very rare. We report an 81-year-old woman with right hypoglossal nerve palsy who recovered in 4 weeks without specific treatment. Extensive investigations did not disclose a cause for her hypoglossal nerve palsy. We believe that hypoglossal nerve palsy may sometimes be self-limited, just as Bell's palsy is.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fuh
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous