Birth injury-induced glossolaryngeal paresis
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Glossolaryngeal paresis followed a difficult delivery and forceps manipulation and was due to a single extracranial traumatic lesion. Although the laryngeal palsy was suspected, hypoglossal involvement was not initially apparent. Search for additional neurologic insult is warranted when a single birth injury is identified. The glossolaryngeal paresis disappeared by age 6 months.
Glossolaryngeal paresis followed a difficult delivery and forceps manipulation and was due to a single extracranial traumatic lesion. Although the laryngeal palsy was suspected, hypoglossal involvement was not initially apparent. Search for additional neurologic insult is warranted when a single birth injury is identified. The glossolaryngeal paresis disappeared by age 6 months.