Spinal accessory neuropathy: causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on spinal accessory neuropathy: causes: Jugular foramen lesions Glomus tumour Neurofibromatosis (NF) Metastases Jugular vein thrombosis Foramen magnum lesions Spinal cord lesions Posterior cervical triangle surgery Cervical trauma Infective causes Other causes

Jugular foramen lesions

  • Glomus tumour
  • Neurofibromatosis (NF)
  • Metastases
  • Jugular vein thrombosis

Foramen magnum lesions

Spinal cord lesions

Posterior cervical triangle surgery

Cervical trauma

Infective causes

Other causes

References

  1. Ropper AH, Brown RH. Principles of Neurology Eighth edition. McGraw Hill New York 2005 p1187.
  2. Liveson. Peripheral Neurology: Case Studies. Third edition. Oxford University Press Oxford 2000 p47.
  3. Meininger AK, Figuerres BF, Goldberg BA. Scapular winging: an update. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2011; 19:453-462.
  4. Martínez-Catalán N, Valencia M, Del Palacio M, Fernández-Jara J, Calvo E. Isolated spinal accessory nerve mononeuropathy causing winging scapula: an unusual peripheral nervous system manifestation of dengue fever. JSES Int 2020; 4:491-494. 

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