Incidence and clinical features of glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1984.
The annual crude incidence rate of glossopharyngeal neuralgia per 100,000 population in Rochester, Minn., for 1945 through 1984, was 0.7 for both sexes combined, suggesting that glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare disease. There were no significant differences between the sexes (p greater than 0.10) in the overall age-adjusted (to the total 1980 US population) rates: 1.1 for men and 0.5 for women. Overall age-specific crude rates increased slightly with age. Our results and conclusions, achieved by comparing our data with a large referral study at Mayo Clinic, suggest that glossopharyngeal neuralgia is generally a mild disease, since mild attacks are not uncommon, the average annual recurrence rate for a second episode is low (3.6%), and only one fourth of the cases had to have surgery for relief of symptoms. Bilaterality is not uncommon; it was observed in one fourth of the patients, all of whom had mild disease.
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Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors