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01-03-2017 | Neuro-Images

Giant internal carotid artery aneurysm causing Collet-Sicard syndrome

Authors: Smaranda Maier, Zoltán Bajkó, Anca Moţăţăianu, Silvia Rusu, Rodica Bălaşa

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 1/2017

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A 56-year-old man with a 15-year history of lupus erythematosus and well-controlled arterial hypertension developed progressively hypophonia, severe dysphagia, and weakness in the left shoulder. He was admitted to neurology for the worsening of the symptomatology. The neurological examination revealed loss of left-sided gag reflex, left soft palate paralysis with deviation of the uvula to the right, left-sided tongue atrophy with deviation to the left on protrusion, left-sided vocal cord palsy and mild atrophy of the left trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. …

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Title: Giant internal carotid artery aneurysm causing Collet-Sicard syndrome
Authors: Smaranda Maier
Zoltán Bajkó
Anca Moţăţăianu
Silvia Rusu
Rodica Bălaşa
Publication date: 01-03-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0644-z

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