Jackson syndrome (cranial nerve syndrome)

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The Jackson syndrome , English Vagal-accessory hypoglossal syndrome is a very rare condition in Neurology , a cranial nerve syndrome with a combination of lesions of the vagus nerve , the accessory nerve and hypoglossal nerve .

The name refers to the author of the first description from 1864 by the English neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911).

The syndrome should not be confused with Jackson's syndrome of the same name (brain stem syndrome) .

Individual evidence

  1. JMS Pearce: Vagal-Accessory-Hypoglossal Syndrome: Schmidt's or Jackson's? In: European Journal of Neurology , Volume 55, 2006, pp. 118–119, ( doi: 10.1159 / 000092791 )
  2. ^ JH Jackson: Clinical Lectures and Reports by the Medical and Surgical Staff of the London Hospital . London 1864, Volume 1, p. 368