Pure V1 trigeminal neuralgia caused by a cryptic trigeminal neurinoma.
Most idiopathic trigeminal neuralgias are caused by vascular compression at the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve. (Dandy [1] and Jannetta [2]) We report a case of pure V1 trigeminal neuralgia caused by a small trigeminal neurinoma which had not been detected on preoperative neuroradiological examination.
Fukuda
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Kitano hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Ishikawa
M
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Iwasaki
K
K
Takase
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology