Assertion: glossopharyngeal nerve | /r/HasProperty | compressed by abscess
Facets:
value: in the posterior cranial fossa
type: LOCATION
value: in the nasopharyngeal space
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Rarely, GPN can occur secondary to a definable cause; the glossopharyngeal nerve may, for example, be compressed by adjacent vascular structures, a tumour, an abscess, or abnormal bony structures in the posterior cranial fossa or in the nasopharyngeal space (parapharyngeal tumours or abscesses, a calcified stylohyoid ligament, an elongated long styloid process (so-called Eagle’s syndrome), in the context of Paget’s disease) .