title: Symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Ahepa Hospital, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vassilakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phylaktakis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Selviaridis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karavelis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sirmos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vlaikidis
mesh_terms: 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*