Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy due to metastatic germinoma in the neck: a ventriculoatrial shunt-related complication

A 12-year-old boy with suprasellar germinoma was treated with a right-sided ventriculoatrial shunt at diagnosis. He subsequently developed a metastatic neck mass that presented with an isolated right hypoglossal nerve palsy. Radiological investigations showed a vascular tumor and thrombosis of the r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurosurgery 1988-08, Vol.23 (2), p.237-240
Hauptverfasser:	WOO, E, YUK-LING YU
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Neoplasms - complications Brain Neoplasms - radiotherapy Cerebral Angiography Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects Child Chorionic Gonadotropin - blood Combined Modality Therapy Cranial Nerve Diseases - etiology Dysgerminoma - complications Dysgerminoma - secondary Dysgerminoma - therapy Head and Neck Neoplasms - complications Head and Neck Neoplasms - secondary Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy Humans Hydrocephalus - complications Hydrocephalus - therapy Hypoglossal Nerve Male Medical sciences Neurology Paralysis - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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