Trigeminal neuralgia and its treatment in a 13-month-old child: a review and case report.
A case of trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) presenting in a 13-month-old patient is reported. The patient was successfully treated by microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve. A brief review of trigeminal neuralgia precedes the case report.
Mason
W E
WE
Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.
Kollros
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P
Jannetta
P J
PJ
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*