[Diagnostic image. A man with tongue deviation following a motorcycle accident].
A 49-year-old man complained of headache, dysarthria and difficulty in swallowing following a motorcycle accident. He had a tongue deviation to the right due to a traumatic lesion of the right hypoglossal nerve which was caused by a right occipital condyle fracture.
Orbis medisch en zorgconcern, Afd. Neurologie, Sittard, The Netherlands. F.schreuder@mumc.nl
Floris H B M
FH
Schreuder
Léon H G
LH
Henskens
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D061228:Hypoglossal Nerve Injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014059:Tongue / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology