Other causes include inflammatory disease, vascular disease and fracture. This case is unusual because of the diagnosis of bone metastasis secondary to prostate. Colletsicard syndrome is a unique condition involving lesions of the skull base, which affect both the jugular foramen and the hypoglossal. In 1915, frederic collet initially described this syndrome in a soldier who had been shot during world war i, 1 and some time later, jean a. Current literature contains only two cases of colletsicard syndrome due to idiopathic internal jugular vein thrombosis. In 1915, frederic collet initially described this syndrome in a. Its early recognition and the prognosis of these patients. The most common causes of it are tumors in the skull base area and nasal part of the pharynx.
Colletsicard syndrome with hypoglossal nerve schwannoma. Pdf colletsicard syndrome from thrombosis of the sigmoid. Colletsicard syndrome as an initial presentation of. Manifestation of cranial nerve palsies ix to xii was. Later he became a professor of general pathology in lyon, being appointed professor of. Colletsicard syndrome css is defined as unilateral palsy of lower cranial nerves ix, x, xi, and xii. Jefferson fracture, occipital condyles, colletsicard syndrome. The vernet, colletsicard and villaret syndromes are uncommon. Collet sicard syndrome is a rare syndrome that involves paralysis of 9th to 12th cranial nerves. Collet sicard syndrome css is defined as unilateral palsy of lower cranial nerves ix, x, xi, and xii. Colletsicard syndrome from thrombosis of the sigmoid. Colletsicard syndrome appearing secondary to a sp fracture is rare, and only a few case reports are. Collet sicard syndrome annals of clinical case reports.
Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an inaccessible occipital condyle mass, and disseminated adenocarcinoma was subsequently diagnosed. Pdf the vernet, colletsicard and villaret syndromes are uncommon. Although this syndrome has been reported previously in the literature, most cases are diagnosed as part of primary disease followup. It is distinguished from villaret syndrome by lack of presence of sympathetic involvement. Male patient with a history of developing traffic accident. Malignant lesions of the skull base and nasopharynx are more frequent causes. Colletsicard syndrome is caused by lesions at the base of the skull. A 44yearold woman presented with 4 weeks of increasing neck pain and newly arising dysphagia and hoarse ness. We report two patients with collet sicard syndrome due to internal carotid artery dissection.
We report an uncommon case of schwannoma of the hypoglossal nerve in a 39yearold woman presented. Colletsicard syndrome is a constellation of cranial nerve palsies due to a lesion at the jugular foramen such as a glomus jugulare tumor or schwannoma. Vernet syndrome, consisting of motor paralysis of glossopharyngeal nerve. Unilateral paralysis of the last four cranial nerves ixxii is referred to as the colletsicard syndrome. Abstract collet syndrome sicard is a combined unilateral involvement and lower cranial nerves, caused by damage to the cranial base. We only wish for hot keys to add and access entries, as well as a rightclick menu option. Colletsicard syndrome in a patient with jefferson fracture. Abstract from the case study of a patient with the villaret syndrome the author emphasizes the importance of the anatomical clinical relationship, clinical aspects, and etiologies of syndromes that are associated with. Sicard syndrome is an unusual syndrome of lower cranial nerve palsies, often signifying disease at the skull base, including malignancy. Colletsicard syndrome neurologia english edition elsevier.