title: Unusual case of post-traumatic lingual paraesthesia.
abstract: We report an unusual case of lingual paraesthesia caused by a fracture of the base of the skull involving the foramen ovale. As far as we know, lingual sensory neuropathy associated purely with a fracture of the base of the skull has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: mtekeli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Tekeli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Worrall
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D020209:Cranial Nerve Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D061222:Lingual Nerve Injuries; D008297:Male; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000150:complications*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000293:injuries