We report the case of a young woman diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, who did not tolerate long-term pharmacologic treatment and was deemed a candidate for transverse sinus stenting (TSS). Following the procedure, she developed transient palsies of the 10th and 11th cranial nerves. She underwent orotracheal examination and brain magnetic resonance imaging, which ruled out a local structural etiology or brainstem pathology. Her symptoms resolved spontaneously and she returned to baseline neurologic functioning within 12 weeks. Her presentation was likely caused by nerve compression in the jugular foramen by the stent delivery system.
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