Glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by adhesive arachnoid.
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is an uncommon disorder characterized by a severe lancinating pain commonly induced by swallowing. When the pain is resistant to medical management, surgical treatment such as microvascular decompression (MVD) or partial rhizotomy is performed. We report a case of glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by adhesive arachnoid, in which pain disappeared solely by dissection of the peripheral arachnoid around the glossopharyngeal nerve.
Fukuda
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Ishikawa
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Yamazoe
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D000368:Aged; D001099:Arachnoid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery