Hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by a large vagal paraganglioma: case report.
We present a vagal paraganglioma in a 74-year-old woman, who presented with dysphagia, dysarthria and hoarseness.
Papadogeorgakis
Nikolaos
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, "Evangelismos" General Hospital, Dental School, University of Athens, Greece.
Petsinis
Vassilis
V
Evangelou
Ioulia
I
Alexandridis
Constantinos
C
D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020437:Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*