Craniocervical Junction Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Causing Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

Javier Molina-Gil; Jorge Peña-Suárez; Carmen García-Cabo

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3967

Craniocervical Junction Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Causing Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

JAMA Neurol. 2023 Feb 1;80(2):205-206. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3967.

Authors

Javier Molina-Gil¹, Jorge Peña-Suárez², Carmen García-Cabo^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
² Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
³ Grupo de Investigación en Neurología Clínica y Básica, Instituto de Salud del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.

PMID: 36508204
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3967

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Plain language summary

This case report describes an 80-year-old patient’s right-sided hemicranial headache, right-sided tongue hemiatrophy with fasciculations and deviation, right side of the tongue on protrusion, and mild dysarthria.

MeSH terms

Calcium Pyrophosphate*
Diphosphates
Humans
Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases* / etiology
Tongue / innervation

Substances

Calcium Pyrophosphate
diphosphoric acid
Diphosphates