A Case of Metastatic Lung Cancer Presenting with Isolated Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy.
- Author:
Joon Tae KIM
1
;
Seong Min LEE
;
Tai Seung NAM
;
Eui Ju SON
;
Byeong Chae KIM
;
Myeong Kyu KIM
;
Ki Hyun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea. alldelight2@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hypoglossal nerve palsy;
Metastatic cancer;
Skull base
- MeSH:
Aneurysm;
Humans;
Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases*;
Hypoglossal Nerve*;
Lung Neoplasms*;
Lung*;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Skull;
Skull Base
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2002;20(6):713-715
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The peripheral hypoglossal nerve palsy is caused by carotid aneurysm, vascular entrapment, local infection, trauma, neck radiation, and tumors in the neck, retropharyngeal spaces, and basilar area of skull. A basilar skull lesion may rarely involve the hypoglossal nerve alone. We report a 58-year-old man with isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy due to metastasis of lung cancer at the skull base.
