Symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia.
In four cases with trigeminal neuralgia an intracranial neoplasm was detected. In the first two cases a meningioma of the cerebellopontine angle was producing symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia almost identical to the essential one. In the other two cases with a tumor in the gasserian ganglion area the facial pain was of a more atypical nature. In all four cases associated sensory trigeminal deficits were present. The causative factors which may produce symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia are especially discussed in this paper.
Vassilakis
D
D
Department of Neurological Surgery, Ahepa Hospital, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Phylaktakis
M
M
Selviaridis
P
P
Karavelis
A
A
Sirmos
C
C
Vlaikidis
N
N
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*