Inability to sneeze as a manifestation of medullary neoplasm.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A young man with headache was unable to sneeze despite a strong sensory urge to do so. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic neoplasm in the medulla oblongata that presumably interrupted the efferent arc of the sneezing reflex.
Medical subject headings
- Astrocytoma
- Brain Neoplasms
- Medulla Oblongata
- Sneezing