Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy as a Cause of Severe Dysphagia along with the Oropharyngeal Stenosis due to Occipitocervical Kyphosis

Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy as a Cause of Severe Dysphagia along with the Oropharyngeal Stenosis due to Occipitocervical Kyphosis

Hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP) is a potential cause of dysphagia. A 66-year-old man presented to our hospital with dysphagia and neck pain. One year prior to his first visit, he had been diagnosed with upper cervical tuberculosis and had undergone posterior C1-2 fixation. The physical examination led...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Watanabe, Masato Anno, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, Yuki Nagasako, Kaori Sakuishi, Yoh Fujimoto, Naohiro Tachibana, Yuki Taniguchi, Toshihiro Hayashi, Yasushi Oshima, Shoji Tsuji, Sakae Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7982847

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