title: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by adhesive arachnoid.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
mesh_terms: 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