Thermally induced transient trigeminal sensory neuropathy: imaging findings.
We report the clinical and imaging features of a patient with transient partial trigeminal sensory neuropathy thought to have been induced by thermal injury to the tongue. Abnormal thickening and enhancement of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve was revealed by MR imaging. The diagnostic considerations for mass-like enlargement of the trigeminal nerve should include transient/inflammatory processes, as well as more common and sinister conditions, such as tumor.
Chan
L L
LL
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
DeMonte
F
F
Ginsberg
L E
LE
D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*