A case of trigeminal neuralgia complicated by ipsilateral temporal arteritis.
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) complicated with temporal arteritis (TA) is not a common disease, but it is a very important syndrome to consider for diagnosing facial pain in individuals older than 50 years. We therefore report on a rare case of TN with TA that occurred simultaneously on the same side with each symptom responding to specific treatment.
Kawaguchi
Yoko
Y
Department of Anesthesiology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan. my405maru@yahoo.co.jp
Ebina
Masako
M
Sato
Tetsumi
T
Ishiguro
Yoh
Y
Yagihashi
Soroku
S
Hirota
Kazuyoshi
K
D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D055806:Microvessels / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery