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Case Report: Head injury presenting as lower cranial nerve palsy
Shubham Gupta1, Rakesh Gupta1, Zafar Sheikh1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Frontiers in Surgery
|November 17, 2025
Summary
Road traffic accidents can cause lower cranial nerve palsy (CN IX, X, XI) due to occipital condyle fractures. Prompt diagnosis and conservative treatment aid recovery, preventing complications from these subtle injuries.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Traumatology
- Otolaryngology
Background:
- Lower cranial nerve palsy is rare, often linked to skull base tumors or carotid dissection.
- Trauma is an infrequent cause of lower cranial nerve palsy.

