title: Bilateral hypoglossal nerve injury with occipital condylar fracture.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 20-year-old woman with a right occipital condylar fracture and bilateral hypoglossal nerve injury is presented. Only 17 cases of condylar fracture have been reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was evaluated with plain films, coronal and axial cut CT, and MRI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  MRI showed a severely distorted but otherwise normal medulla and a displaced condylar bone fragment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Condylar fracture may cause twelfth nerve palsy by injuring the central or peripheral nerve.
authors: Division of Neurosurgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Lam
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Stratford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D061228:Hypoglossal Nerve Injuries; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed