Trigeminal neuralgia caused by intracranial epidermoid tumour: report of a case.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a recognized complication in patients with intracranial tumours affecting the trigeminal nerve. This case report describes an epidermoid tumour at the cerebellopontine angle in a middle-aged man with otherwise classical unilateral trigeminal neuralgia. The case highlights the difficulties of diagnosis and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when trigeminal neuralgia occurs concurrently with a brain tumour.
Klieb
Hagen B E
HB
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Freeman
Bruce V
BV
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology*