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Craniocervical Junction Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Causing Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy

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An 80-year-old woman with a history of arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, glaucoma, and breast cancer treated 10 years ago came to the neurology department with a right-sided hemicranial headache. The patient described oppressive pain of mild to moderate intensity, accompanied by slurred speech and slight difficulty chewing with no swallowing problems, which had been present for a month. She denied having reduced mobility or pain in the neck. Physical examination revealed right-sided tongue hemiatrophy with fasciculations and deviation, right side of the tongue on protrusion (Figure 1), and mild dysarthria; the rest of the neurological and systemic examination results were normal. She was diagnosed with right-sided isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy (CNXIIP).

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Javier Molina-Gil, MD, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Avda, Roma, s/n, 33011, Oviedo, Spain (javimol1993@hotmail.com).

Published Online: December 12, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3967

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Additional Contributions: We thank the patient for granting permission to publish this information.

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Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

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