title: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia following foreign body impaction in the neck.
abstract: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is rare, typically idiopathic and treated with carbamazepine. Surgery to decompress or transect the glossopharyngeal nerve root may be performed if conservative management fails. We present a case following trauma to the neck with foreign body impaction. To our knowledge this is the first case of glossopharyngeal neuralgia due to neck trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Makura
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications