Wegener’s Disease Presenting with Occipital Condyle Syndrome
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Tumors or chronic inflammatory lesions of the occipital condyle may cause occipital pain associated with an ipsilateral hypoglossal nerve injury (occipital condyle syndrome). We describe a young woman with recurrent otitis media and occipital condyle syndrome associated with a limited form of Wegener's disease.
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دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012