Hypoglossal schwannoma: an uncommon cause of twelfth-nerve palsy.
Hypoglossal schwannoma is an uncommon cause of 12th nerve palsy. We here report a pathologically proven case of left 12th nerve schwannoma in a 56-year-old woman who presented with progressive left tongue hemiatrophy and in whom cranial MRI disclosed a mass near the foramen jugular. Surgery showed a mass involving the hypoglossal nerve and the pathological examination was diagnostic of schwannoma.
Gómez Beldarrain
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de Galdácano, Vizcaya, Spain.
Fernández Cantón
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García-Moncó
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D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology