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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug;113(2):380-3.
doi: 10.3171/2010.1.JNS091526.

Unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by an intraneural ganglion cyst

Yoichi Nonaka  1 , Peter M Grossi, Carol A Filomena, Allan H Friedman, Takanori Fukushima
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Case Reports

Unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by an intraneural ganglion cyst

Yoichi Nonaka et al. J Neurosurg. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

The authors describe a rare case of unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by an intraneural ganglion cyst. Three similar cases have been reported with pathological classification still under consideration. One case was classified as an intraneural ganglion cyst and 2 cases were classified as atlantooccipital joint synovial cysts.

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  • Intraneural ganglion.
    Spinner RJ, Atkinson JL, Maus TP. Spinner RJ, et al. J Neurosurg. 2010 Dec;113(6):1331-2; author reply 1332-3. doi: 10.3171/2010.7.JNS101025. Epub 2010 Oct 1. J Neurosurg. 2010. PMID: 20887091 No abstract available.

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