Abstract
An 11 years old boy came, with complain of mild dysarthria. Examination revealed marked hemiatrophy of left side of the tongue. Five months back he underwent ipsilateral branchial cyst operation. To our knowledge, no case was reported. After branchial cyst operation if there is any residual remnant chance of recurrence is very high.
Highlights
Injury of the hypoglossal nerve is a recognized complication following soft tissue surgery in the upper and anterior part of the neck [1,2], and [3]
Among 100 cases of hypoglossal nerve palsy (33 bilateral) reported by Keane [4], five cases were the result of a surgical procedure: for clival tumors in 2 cases, and carotid endarterectomy and a tonsillectomy in 1 case each, one case was not specified
* Correspondence: neudipta@gmail.com 1Dept. of Neurosurgery-Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Hospital (SSANSH)Khulna-Bangladesh Full list of author information is available at the end of the article hypoglossal nerve was regarded not to be indicated
Summary
Injury of the hypoglossal nerve is a recognized complication following soft tissue surgery in the upper and anterior part of the neck [1,2], and [3]. Introduction Injury of the hypoglossal nerve is a recognized complication following soft tissue surgery in the upper and anterior part of the neck [1,2], and [3]. Among 100 cases of hypoglossal nerve palsy (33 bilateral) reported by Keane [4], five cases were the result of a surgical procedure: for clival tumors in 2 cases, and carotid endarterectomy and a tonsillectomy in 1 case each, one case was not specified. In this series in most patients, 12th-nerve involvement was asymptomatic or a minor component of dysarthria. On the contrary acute 12th-nerve transection causes early and late serious oral problems in children [5].
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