[Neurinoma of the descending loop of the hypoglossal nerve. Report of a case]

M A Morey Mas; J I Iriarte Ortabe; J Caubet Biayna; H A Hamdan

[Neurinoma of the descending loop of the hypoglossal nerve. Report of a case]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 2001;28(5):523-9.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

M A Morey Mas¹, J I Iriarte Ortabe, J Caubet Biayna, H A Hamdan

Affiliation

¹ Sección de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca.

PMID: 11729721

Abstract

Neurinomata developed from extracranial portion of hypoglossal nerve are very scarce. We report one case of neurinoma originated in the descending branch of hypoglossal nerve and not having found after careful perusal of the literature of this subject another case we consider the ours as the first portraying this type of pathology and its localization.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Middle Aged
Neurilemmoma