Unilateral Isolated Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy Caused by Gunshot Injury

Ozdemır B., Kanat A., Batcık S., Batcik O. E., Celıker M., Kayayurt K.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.29, no.2, pp.424-426, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/scs.0000000000004126
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.424-426
  • Keywords: Gunshot, hypoglossal nerve palsy, injury, MANAGEMENT, FIXATION, ARTERY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Cranial nerve palsies after gunshot injury are not uncommon. However, in the literature, only 1 patient with isolated hypoglossal nerve paralysis caused by gunshot has been published. The authors describe a 34-year-old man suffering from unilateral isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy caused by gunshot injury as a second reported patient. The bullet entered maxillary sinus, and caused condylar fracture, then ended up C1-2 interspace. The bullet was surgically removed by a posterior approach. It is important to pay attention to hypoglossal nerve injury when confronted with a gunshot wound. The authors recommend early and sufficient surgical decompression.