An unusual aetiology of unilateral vagal palsy: A case report.

Vagal palsy is often a diagnostic challenge because the nerve can be affected anywhere along its course, from the point of exit from cranial vault through the jugular foramen upto its destination. This is a case report of a 78 year old lady who presented to our department with clinical features suggestive of unilateral vagal palsy and whose diagnostic evaluation revealed a Lateral Mass Fracture of Atlas vertebra with displacement of the fragment.