title: Isolated paralysis of glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve associated with type II occipital condyle fracture: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Occipital condyle fractures (OCFs) can occasionally be complicated with lower cranial nerve palsies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Isolated 9th and 10th cranial nerve palsies following OCF are very rare. To our knowledge, we report the first case of an early onset of 9th and 10th cranial nerve palsies with an early full recovery in short period of time and discuss the probable mechanism of isolated nerve palsy in the light of the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. gbozkurtmd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hazer
authors.forename: Mesut Emre
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akbay
authors.forename: Nejat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akalan
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*