[Diagnostic image. A man with tongue deviation following a motorcycle accident]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2010:154:A175.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 49-year-old man complained of headache, dysarthria and difficulty in swallowing following a motorcycle accident. He had a tongue deviation to the right due to a traumatic lesion of the right hypoglossal nerve which was caused by a right occipital condyle fracture.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic*
  • Deglutition Disorders / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglossal Nerve Injuries*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motorcycles*
  • Occipital Bone / injuries*
  • Skull Fractures / complications*
  • Tongue / innervation
  • Tongue / pathology