Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia associated with limited systemic sclerosis.
A young patient with limited systemic sclerosis and medically resistant bilateral trigeminal neuralgia was successfully treated with microvascular decompression. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of this type of case.
Mohyuddin
Atta
A
Birmingham Heartland Hospital, 35 Bordesley Green East, Bordesley Green, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK. atai_1999@yahoo.com
Myers
Donald
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Guazzo
Eric
E
D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045745:Scleroderma, Limited / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery