emphasize the importance to the surgeon nowadays of forecasting in advance if possible the pathology of the lesion to be treated, because the plan of attack sometimes depends on fore-knowledge of the pathology. (Operations for alleviation of pain were touched on, with special reference to trigeminal neuralgia. The characteristics of the paroxysmal neuralgia were outlined and the importance of d...

Trigeminal neuralgia caused by a tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula has rarely been reported. The mechanism underlying the development of trigeminal neuralgia has been reported to be the compression of the root entry zone by the arterialized draining vein. However, the cases showing refractory or recurrent neuralgia could imply the presence of another underlying mechanism. We herein describe...

BACKGROUND Although occipital neuralgia is usually caused by degenerative arthropathy, nearly 20 other aetiologies may lead to this condition. METHODS We present the first case report of hypertrophic pachymeningitis revealed by isolated occipital neuralgia. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis is a plausible cause of occipital neuralgia and may present without cra...

Varicella zoster virus can infect the trigeminal ganglion, but viral infection is not frequently considered as a cause of trigeminal neuralgia. This is a case of a woman whose trigeminal neuralgia remitted after being treated with valacyclovir for a thoracic zoster rash and later resolved entirely following administration of the zoster vaccine. Successful treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with ...

The persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PTA) is a rare anastomosis between the carotid artery and basilar artery. While most PTAs are asymptomatic, lateral variants can occasionally compress the trigeminal nerve and precipitate trigeminal neuralgia. Aneurysms of the PTA are exceptionally rare in the literature and have not previously been associated with trigeminal neuralgia. We present the...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a recognized complication in patients with intracranial tumours affecting the trigeminal nerve. This case report describes an epidermoid tumour at the cerebellopontine angle in a middle-aged man with otherwise classical unilateral trigeminal neuralgia. The case highlights the difficulties of diagnosis and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when trigeminal neu...

Objective: To systematically evaluate the safety and efficacy of acupuncture on patients with postherpetic neuralgia?Methods: Based heyword retrieval method, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1978-2020), Biomedical Literature database (CBM, 1979-2020), VIP (WEIPU, 1989-2020), Wanfang (1989-2020), Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase were searched; randomized controlled trials use in tr...

Vascular compression is a known cause of cranial nerve dysfunction in a variety of disease states including trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and hypoglossal neuralgia.(1,2.)

Aim: To write a review on trigeminal neuralgia. Objective: To analyze the competence of the new trends over the old trends and decipher the advantages and disadvantages of both. Background: Trigeminal Neuralgia is a clinical syndrome characterized by brief, repetitive, extremely intense paroxysms of unilateral facial pain. The pain can be triggered by cutaneous stimuli including those resulting...