IDIOPATHIC UNILATERAL PERSISTENT HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE PALSY

Salman Mohamud Nur and Cheng Chu*

ABSTRACT

When combined with other cranial nerve palsies or additional illness, hypoglossal nerve palsy is a common finding in neurological disorders, and it has distinct clinical symptoms, such as unilateral atrophy of the tongue muscle. It might be the first or only symptom of an intracranial or extracranial space-occupying lesion, a head/neck injury, or an internal carotid artery vascular anomaly. Idiopathic isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP) is a rare occurrence that should be detected by exclusion. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive assessment of the literature on idiopathic isolated unilateral HNP. This is a fairly unusual illness, but it should be considered for diagnosis. It necessitates a methodical and step-by-step approach to etiological diagnosis. We evaluate documented examples in the literature in this paper, emphasizing the importance of a segmental and sequential approach in the diagnosis and treatment of this illness. Database: Google scholar, PubMed.

Keywords: hypoglossal nerve palsy, idiopathic, unilateral.