Syncope and seizure-like activity secondary to acute herpes zoster infection of the trigeminal nerve.
Syncope may occur with glossopharyngeal neuralgia. We describe a patient with acute herpetic infection of the first branch of the trigeminal nerve associated with episodes of shooting pain, cardiac arrest and tonic-clonic movements. Resemblances with the so-called "cardiovascular" form of glossopharyngeal neuralgia, as well as putative mechanisms of the syncope, are discussed.
Bonamico
L
L
A Thomson Neurological Center, Hospital Francés, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Celnik
P
P
D000208:Acute Disease; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve