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Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy during Meningococcal Meningitis

Authors :
Mika Rockholt
Carlos Cervera
Source :
New England Journal of Medicine. 371:e22
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Massachusetts Medical Society, 2014.

Abstract

An otherwise healthy 48-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after a sudden fever and loss of consciousness. Cranial CT revealed dilatation of the ventricular system and diffuse cerebral edema. The patient also had right hypoglossal-nerve palsy, shown in a video.

Details

ISSN :
15334406 and 00284793
Volume :
371
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
New England Journal of Medicine
Accession number :
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