A 27-year-old woman with cranial nerve dysfunction.

摘要

A 27-year-old woman in the last trimester of her second pregnancy presented with a 5-month history of difficulty in swallowing, hoarseness and increasing headaches. She reported that the same symptoms had occurred during the first pregnancy but had fully resolved after delivery. On neurological examination, a facial paresis and deafness were present on the right side as well as significant dysfunction of the right IX, X and XI cranial nerves.