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
PubMed
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.