Trigeminal neuralgia in two patients with glioblastoma.
Headache in glioblastoma patients often indicates raised intracranial pressure by either tumor edema or tumor progression. We report local glioblastoma growth causing cranial nerve lesions as well as trigeminal neuralgia, and highlight pain management in these patients.
Hess
Barbara
B
KFJ Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Oberndorfer
Stefan
S
Urbanits
Sabine
S
Lahrmann
Heinz
H
Horvath-Mechtler
Barbara
B
Grisold
Wolfgang
W
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*