title: An unusual aetiology of unilateral vagal palsy: A case report.
abstract: Vagal palsy is often a diagnostic challenge because the nerve can be affected anywhere along its course, from the point of exit from cranial vault through the jugular foramen upto its destination. This is a case report of a 78 year old lady who presented to our department with clinical features suggestive of unilateral vagal palsy and whose diagnostic evaluation revealed a Lateral Mass Fracture of Atlas vertebra with displacement of the fragment.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Medical College, A-6, Kowdiar Gardens, Thiruvananthapuram, India.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shyla
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Manoj
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sumadevi
keywords: Vagal palsy; atlas vertebra; lateral mass fracture