title: Two cases of idiopathic superior laryngeal neuralgia treated by superior laryngeal nerve block with a high concentration of lidocaine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. kaoru-t@fmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi Sato
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izuha
authors.forename: Shiho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isosu
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakawa
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine