title: Rhizotomy targeting the intermediate nerve, the glossopharyngeal nerve and the upper 1st to 2nd rootlets of the vagus nerve for the treatment of laryngeal neuralgia combined with intermediate nerve neuralgia--a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In neurosurgery, the most common type of facial and pharyngeal pain is trigeminal neuralgia. In contrast, glossopharyngeal neuralgia is relatively rare, and laryngeal neuralgia is the most rarely observed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of laryngeal neuralgia combined with intermediate nerve neuralgia that was admitted to our hospital in May 2012 was reported here. The patient was a 58-year-old middle-aged female, who experienced 2 years of paroxysmal burning and stabbing pain near the thyroid perichodrium, in the skin covering the right front side of the neck, and deep in inner ear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The surgical treatment plan similar to that for glossopharyngeal neuralgia could be applied if laryngeal neuralgia is associated with glossopharyngeal neuralgia and intermediate neuralgia or if no obvious improvement is achieved with the above mentioned treatment approaches.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zong
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong Province 257000, P, R, China. zhangkaitg@163.com.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guangliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Shengye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lijiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongxing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005930:Glossopharyngeal Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D020435:Glossopharyngeal Nerve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019051:Rhizotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000601:surgery*