Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is most commonly caused by vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve root entry zone. Secondary trigeminal neuralgia due to ischemic lesion of the pons is very rare. Here we report a patient with a pontine infarct transecting the central trigeminal pathways resulting with trigeminal neuralgia.

Trigeminal neuralgia is a neuropathic disease characterized by severe pain that reduces the patient's quality of life. This case report presents Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive whose only neurological symptom trigeminal neuralgia. A 59-year-old male patient with complaints weakness, joint pain, cough, and respiratory failure was diagnosed COVID-19. The started on COVID-19 treatment...

Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is defined as sudden, usually unilateral, severe and brief pain episodes within the distribution of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. In some patients a constant background pain may persist, additionally to pain attacks, which can make difficult to differentiate the trigeminal neuralgia from other orofacial pain types. Objective: To review the...

INTRODUCTION Treatment-resistant trigeminal neuralgia is a distressing condition, for both the patient and the treating doctor. To our knowledge, there are no reported cases of trigeminal neuralgia successfully treated with oral sumatriptan in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A 51-year-old Caucasian woman was prescribed opiate analgesia for management of her treatment-resistant trigeminal ne...

Two patients with occipital neuralgia due to severe arthropathy of the C1-2 facet joint were treated using atlantoaxial fusion with transarticular screws without decompression of the C-2 nerve root. Both patients experienced immediate postoperative relief of occipital neuralgia. The resultant motion elimination at C1-2 eradicated not only the movement-evoked pain, but also the paroxysms of true...

Approximately one in three persons will develop herpes zoster during their lifetime, and it can lead to serious complications such as postherpetic neuralgia. However, evidence on burden of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Japan is limited. This prospective, observational, multicenter, physician practice-based cohort study was conducted in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan (Clinicaltrials.gov ...

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Toothache, buccal pain, facial pains are common presentations in dental clinics. Among them, phantom tooth pain always hits as a trigeminal neuralgia. Though classical picture of neuralgia usually does not present with solo toothache, which may sometime masks the whole scenario.