Spinal accessory neuropathy in patients with chronic trapezius myofascial pain syndrome
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2020 Background Myofascial pain syndrome is a common musculoskeletal problem affecting the trapezius muscle. The aim was to assess the presence of spinal accessory neuropathy in patients with unilateral chronic trapezius myofascial pain syndrome.
Asmaa Farouk El Sayed El Sharnoby +2 more
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Neurology Research International, 2010 Classically, the accessory nerve is described as having a cranial and a spinal root. Textbooks are inconsistent with regard to the modality of the spinal root of the accessory nerve. Some authors report the spinal root as general somatic efferent (GSE),
Brion Benninger, Jonathan McNeil
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Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring for Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Skull Base: A Technical Guide. [PDF]
, 2016 Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during endoscopic, endonasal approaches to the skull base is both feasible and safe. Numerous reports have recently emerged from the literature evaluating the efficacy of different neuromonitoring tests during
Doan, Adam T. +6 more
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An unusual case of a radical neck dissection without the development of a shoulder syndrome
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2022 Iatrogenic damage to the spinal accessory nerve is very common during surgical procedures in the neck region, especially during oncological surgery. An injury to this nerve can cause different deficiencies, from a poorly definable painful symptomatology ...
Giovanni Salzano +6 more
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Brachial plexus injury mimicking a spinal-cord injury. [PDF]
, 2010 Objective High-energy impact to the head, neck, and shoulder can result in cervical spine as well as brachial plexus injuries. Because cervical spine injuries are more common, this tends to be the initial focus for management.
Aversano, Michael +5 more
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Accessory nerve injury after deep brain stimulation surgery in a Parkinson’s disease patient
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 DBS is an established form of surgical therapy for Parkinson's disease and is also used for other pathologies, such as dystonia and essential tremor. There are few articles in the literature discussing exclusively about surgical complications.
Bárbara Cristina Vieira de Aquino +5 more
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First Natural Endocranial Cast of a Fossil Snake (Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2017 In this study, we describe a natural endocranial cast included in a partially preserved medium‐sized skull of the Upper Cretaceous South American snake Dinilysia patagonica.
Albino, Adriana Maria +3 more
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XI cranial nerve cervical schwannoma – Case report
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2014 Cisternal spinal accessory schwannoma are still a rare condition without neurofibromatosis with only 32 cases reported so far. We describe a cisternal accessory schwannoma presented in a 36-year-old woman with posterior cervical pain and cervical ...
Roger Schmidt Brock +6 more
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Image findings of cranial nerve pathology on [18F]-2- deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computerized tomography (PET/CT): a pictorial essay. [PDF]
, 2015 This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of (18)F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize the primary and secondary (18)F -FDG-PET/
Muzaffar, Razi +3 more
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Early phrenic motor neuron loss and transient respiratory abnormalities following unilateral cervical spinal cord contusion [PDF]
, 2013 Contusion-type cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most common forms of SCI observed in patients. In particular, injuries targeting the C3-C5 region affect the pool of phrenic motor neurons (PhMNs) that innervates the diaphragm, resulting in ...
Adriaens, Dominique +8 more
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