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KMID : 0980720150340020216
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Keimyung Medical Journal
2015 Volume.34 No. 2 p.216 ~ p.218
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A Case of Improved Idiopathic Isolated Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy without Use of Steroid
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권석경:Kwon Seok-Kyung
이상래:Lee Sang-Rae/박종완:Park Jong-Wan/최종환:Choi Jong-Hwan/김진석:Kim Jin-Suk/박상원:Park Sang-Won
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Abstract
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The hypoglossal nerve palsy receives only brief mention in most textbooks and compared with other cranial nerve palsies,
12th nerve palsy is much less common. A literature review revealed that in most cases, isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy
indicates the presence of an intracranial or extracranial space occupying lesion, head and neck injury, vascular abnormality, infection, autoimmune disease or neuropathy. Reports of idiopathic cases are rare and treated with steroid therapy. We report a 38-year-old woman with isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy improved spontaneously without steroid use. Considering our experience with isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy, we believe that no therapy is required in the patients with hypoglossal nerve palsy of probably idiopathic causes.
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KEYWORD
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Hypoglossal nerve palsy, Idiopathic, Steroid
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