• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.71-73
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• 2013

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.80-83
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• 2009

Purpose: Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy is a rare manifestation of various underlying disease. This article presents a rare complication of general anesthesia associated with an surgical procedure on a case of zygomatic fracture. Methods: An 18-year-old female patient was referred to our department by painful swelling on her left zygomatic area after the traffic accident. Left zygomatic complex fracture was identified on the simple x-ray and facial bone CT scan, and the fracture was treated with open reduction and internal fixation under general anesthesia. On the first postoperative day, she complained of difficulty in swallowing solid food, dysarthria and deviated tongue to her right side. There was no abnormal findings on the neurological examination, brain MRI and routine chemistry. She was diagnosed with transient hypoglossal nerve palsy and dexamethasone with multi-vitamins was administrated intravenously for 5 days. Results: The symptoms were completely resolved by the ninth postoperative day and the patient was discharged without any other complications. Conclusion: The hypoglossal(cranial nerve XII)nerve supplies motor innervation to all of the ipsilateral extrinsic and intrinsic tongue muscles. The hypoglossal nerve damage may caused by the compression between the airway and the hyoid bone during the endotracheal intubation, and direct trauma due to excessive pressure or neck extension. We described a rare case of unintended injury to hypoglossal nerve and care must be taken not to cause the hypoglossal nerve damage especially in facial plastic surgery with excessive neck extension under general anesthesia.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권6호
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• pp.549-553
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• 2007

유육종증은 다발성 비건락성 육아종 형성을 특징으로 하는 원인 미상의 전신 질환으로 주로 폐, 피부, 림프절 등의 장기를 침범하며, 신경계 침범은 상대적으로 드문 것으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 다른 신경학적 증상 없이 단기 기억장애만을 특징으로 하는 신경유육종증이 병발한 폐유육종증 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.