title: The treatment of combined trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia by glycerol rhizolysis of the trigeminal ganglion.
abstract: A 78-year-old man with combined trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia underwent glycerol rhizolysis of the trigeminal ganglion. The treatment led to the immediate relief of both neuralgias. We discuss the potential mechanism of this unexpected therapeutic effect with reference to the pathophysiology of trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , King's College Hospital , London , UK.
authors.forename: Niovi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papalexopoulou
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , King's College Hospital , London , UK.
authors.forename: Harutomo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , King's College Hospital , London , UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selway
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neurology , King's College Hospital , London , UK.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , King's College Hospital , London , UK.|c Department of Clinical Neurosciences , Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London , London , UK.
authors.forename: Keyoumars
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ashkan
keywords: glossopharyngeal neuralgia; glycerol rhizolysis; trigeminal neuralgia