Citation

Ozdemir B, Kanat A, Batcik S, Batcik OE, Celiker M, Kayayurt K. J. Craniofac. Surg. 2018; 29(2): 424-426.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Faculty, Acibadem University, Rize, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SCS.0000000000004126

PMID

29381638

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.

Language: en