Jugular foramen syndrome

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83 Jugular foramen syndrome

Instruction

Examine this patient’s cranial nerves.

Salient features

History

• Clinical presentation reflects effects on a combination of the last four cranial nerves:

• Hoarseness of voice
• Nasal quality to the speech
• Nasal regurgitation and dysphagia
• Aspiration of food with choking attacks
• Weakness of the sternomastoids and trapezii
• Wasting of the tongue (often noticed by the dentist)
• Pain in and around the ear (caused by damage of the ninth and tenth cranial nerves, which carries sensation to the external auditory meatus and behind the ear)
• Headache
• Ptosis (caused by Horner syndrome).

Examination

• Sluggish movement of the palate when the patient says ‘aah’ on the affected side

• Absent gag reflex on the same side

• Flattening of the shoulder on the same side

• Wasting of the sternomastoid (Fig. 83.1)

• Weakness when the patient moves her chin to the opposite side

• Difficulty in shrugging the shoulder on the same side (Fig. 83.2).

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Fig. 83.1 Wasting of the sternomastoid. (A) Normal left muscle with forceful thrust of chin to the right. (B) Movement to the left shows loss of muscle bulk.

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