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Vagal palsy is often a diagnostic challenge because the nerve can be affected anywhere along its course, from the point of exit from cranial vault through the jugular foramen upto its destination. This is a case report of a 78 year old lady who presented to our department with clinical features suggestive of unilateral vagal palsy and whose diagnostic evaluation revealed a Lateral Mass Fracture of Atlas vertebra with displacement of the fragment.
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Shyla, P.R., Manoj, K.S. & Sumadevi, B. An unusual aetiology of unilateral vagal palsy: A case report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 90–92 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907754
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