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Branchial cleft cysts : a pictorial review [PDF]
Cystic masses of the neck may represent a wide variety of pathological conditions. Among these, branchial anomalies are the commonest paediatric congenital lesions of the head and neck.
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Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy After Cervical Spine Surgery [PDF]
Study Design: Multi-institutional retrospective study. Objective: The goal of the current study is to quantify the incidence of 2 extremely rare complications of cervical spine surgery; hypoglossal and glossopharyngeal nerve palsies. Methods: A total of 8887 patients who underwent cervical spine surgery from 2005 to 2011 were included in the study from
Ames, Christopher P +6 more
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Background. Cranial nerve palsies are well-known complications of basal meningitis, especially in patients with tuberculous meningitis. However, a minority of bacterial meningitis gets complicated with cranial nerve palsies. Although cerebral infarctions
A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam +5 more
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Background We report a rare case of Godtfredsen syndrome caused by clival chondrosarcoma and perform a review of literatures. This article also explains the clinico-anatomical correlation of this rare neurological syndrome.
Yong Zheng Wai +4 more
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A craniotomia extremo-lateral: dicas e truques [PDF]
This article intends to describe in a didactical and practical manner the suboccipital far-lateral craniotomy. This is then basically a descriptive text, divided according to the main stages involved in this procedure, and that describes with details how
Campos Filho, José Maria De +5 more
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Three-dimensional superimposition for patients with facial palsy: an innovative method for assessing the success of facial reanimation procedures [PDF]
Facial palsy is a severe condition that may be ameliorated by facial reanimation, but there is no consensus about how to judge its success. In this study we aimed to test a new method for assessing facial movements based on 3-dimensional analysis of the ...
Allevi, F. +9 more
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Neural circuit analysis of axons regenerated by facial–hypoglossal nerve cross-link surgery
Introduction: Several methods of nerve reconstruction for facial nerve palsy are known. Although the recently introduced method of “cross-linking” of the facial and hypoglossal nerves with a grafted nerve has proved efficacious, the underlying mechanism ...
Shunsuke Sakakibara +3 more
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Isolate hypoglossal nerve palsy as rare cause of cervical osteophyte
Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy is rare, and etiological diagnosis is difficult. We report a case of a 64 years-old Caucasian woman, evaluated due to gradually progressive slurred speech and swallowing deficits, which was diagnosed for isolated ...
Filippo Manelli +6 more
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Schwannoma of the Hypoglossal Nerve Mimicking Carotid Body Paraganglioma
Carotid body paragangliomas (CBPs) clinically present as highly vascularized cervical masses with a pathognomonic localization at the carotid artery bifurcation.
Maximilian Linxweiler +4 more
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Tongue Tied after Shoulder Surgery: A Case Series and Literature Review
This article presents three cases of cranial nerve palsy following shoulder surgery with general anesthesia in the beach chair position. All patients underwent preoperative ultrasound-guided interscalene nerve block.
Molly B. Kraus +6 more
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