Twelfth nerve palsy due to a retropharyngeal tuberculous abscess

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Figure 1 .

Twelfth nerve palsy resulting in wasting of the left half of tongue with deviation to the left on protrusion.

Figure 2 .

MRI neck/skull base showing partly cystic and partly solid mass occupying the retropharyngeal space and prevertebral space (marked with arrow).