TRAUMATIC DISSECTION OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID-ARTERY AS UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DYSFUNCTION

Authors
LEMMERLING M CREVITS L DEFREYNE L ACHTEN E KUNNEN M
Citation
M. Lemmerling et al., TRAUMATIC DISSECTION OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID-ARTERY AS UNUSUAL CAUSE OF HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DYSFUNCTION, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 98(1), 1996, pp. 52-54
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
03038467
Volume
98
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
52 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8467(1996)98:1<52:TDOTIC>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in a 50-year-old man with hypoglossal nerve dysfunction is reported. This case illustrates how non-invasive imaging techniques, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography, can demonstrate this unusual etiology.