Two cases of idiopathic superior laryngeal neuralgia treated by superior laryngeal nerve block with a high concentration of lidocaine.
Carbamazepine therapy is among the most effective drug regimens to treat patients who have superior laryngeal neuralgia similar to trigeminal neuralgia. However, some patients are resistant to carbamazepine. We report two patients with superior laryngeal neuralgia who were successfully treated with superior laryngeal block using high concentrations of lidocaine, after treatment with carbamazepine failed.
Takahashi Sato
Kaoru
K
Department of Anesthesiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. kaoru-t@fmu.ac.jp
Suzuki
Masao
M
Izuha
Akiko
A
Hayashi
Shiho
S
Isosu
Tsuyoshi
T
Murakawa
Masahiro
M
D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000628:therapy*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine