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Accessory Nerve Palsy: A Review of 23 Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

H. Berry ,
E.A. MacDonald  and
A.C. Mrazek
H. Berry*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto
E.A. MacDonald
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto
A.C. Mrazek
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto
*
Dept. of Neurology 9c, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
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In a series of 23 patients, the commonest cause of accessory nerve palsy was surgical trauma at the time of lymph node biopsy. The less common causes were penetrating or blunt trauma and a few were of spontaneous onset. There was involvement of adjacent motor sensory nerves in about half of the patients. The prognosis was better following blunt trauma, stretch injuries and after a spontaneous onset. The anatomical relationships of the accessory nerve and aspects of the clinical picture and management are discussed.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 1991 , pp. 337 - 341
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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