title: Treatment, classification, and review of Tapia syndrome.
abstract: Tapia syndrome was first described by Antonio Garcia Tapia in 1904. Then, he believed that the existing lesion, resulting in some neurologic symptoms, was outside the central nervous system. Nowadays, this syndrome is characterized by the unilateral paralysis of the tongue and the vocal cord. Possible cause of this disorder is injury to the 10th and 12th cranial nerves without involvement of the pharyngeal branches of the 10th nerve. We present a patient with Tapia syndrome together with its treatment and new classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Education and Research Hospital, Ezurum, Turkey. iboga@mynet.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boğa
authors.forename: Sarper
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aktas
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013577:Syndrome; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000145:classification* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones