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Ulcerative colitis associated with isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy
Kousaku Kawashima1, Shunji Ishihara, Koji Doi
1Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Japan. kk461223@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We herein describe a rare case of ulcerative colitis associated with unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy. A 64-year-old woman developed severe active ulcerative colitis and was treated with prednisolone. The dose of oral prednisolone was reduced to 7.5 mg/day, following which the patient noticed slight dysphagia and a speech disturbance. She was diagnosed with unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy, which was thought to be caused by mononeuritis. She was treated with intravenous methylprednisolone at a dose of 500 mg/day, which improved the neuropathy. When the neuropathy occurred, the patient was in a mildly active stage of ulcerative colitis. We concluded that the mononeuritis observed in the present case was likely an extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis.
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