title: Trigeminal neuralgia due to pontine infarction.
abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is most commonly caused by vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve root entry zone. Secondary trigeminal neuralgia due to ischemic lesion of the pons is very rare. Here we report a patient with a pontine infarct transecting the central trigeminal pathways resulting with trigeminal neuralgia.
authors.affiliation: Marmara University Medical Faculty, Neurosurgery, Instanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peker
authors.forename: Gur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akansel
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Necmettin M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Pamir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*