2024
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-260266
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Isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy from suppurative retropharyngeal lymphadenitis in an infant

Benjamin Wei-Liang Ng,
Jeffrey Soon-Yit Lee,
Felicia Sze-Chi Lau
et al.

Abstract: Retropharyngeal infections (RPIs) are uncommon in young infants and are difficult to diagnose due to their non-classical presentation. RPI can occasionally be complicated with multiple cranial nerve palsies but rarely in isolation. Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP) due to RPI has been described in the literature but mostly in older children and adults. Assessment for hypoglossal nerve function is challenging in a young infant because the conventional signs of hypoglossal nerve dysfunction are difficult to… Show more

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