A case with prepontine (clival) arachnoid cyst manifested as trigeminal neuralgia.
Most cases of "idiopathic" trigeminal neuralgia are thought to originate from vascular compression of the trigeminal root entry zone. In this case, we describe a young man presenting with the symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia associated with a prepontine (clival) arachnoid cyst.
Neurology Department, School of Medicine, Selcuk University, Meram, Turkey.
Emine
E
Genc
Ebru Apaydin
EA
Dogan
Yalcin
Y
Kocaogullar
Dilek
D
Emlik
D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult