title: Trigeminal neuralgia and cerebellopontine-angle lipoma in a child.
abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia and cerebellopontine-angle lipomas are very rare in children. We describe the history and findings of an 8-year-old boy with right trigeminal neuralgia and a lipoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging at the level of the root-entry zone of the right seventh cranial nerve. We propose a possible mechanism of infiltration of the trigeminal rootlets by the lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, G.F. Ingrassia Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raieli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eliseo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manfrè
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pandolfi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eliseo
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*