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.
Genc
Emine
E
Neurology Department, School of Medicine, Selcuk University, Meram, Turkey.
Dogan
Ebru Apaydin
EA
Kocaogullar
Yalcin
Y
Emlik
Dilek
D
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