Idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia is the most common type of cranial neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia is a form of facial pain characterized by proximal lancinating pain confined to the somatosensory distribution of the trigeminal nerve. Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia is a rare situation with an incidence of 1% to 6% in large trigeminal neuralgia series. There is no single or standard method for t...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also known as tic douloureux, is a pain syndrome recognizable by patient history alone. The condition is characterized by intermittent unilateral facial pain. The pain follows the unilateral (>95%) sensory distribution of trigeminal nerve (V), typically radiating to the maxillary (V2) or mandibular (V3) area. Ophthalmic division (V1) pain alone occurs in <5% patients....

orofacial pain can arise from different regions and etiologies. some of the most debilitating pain conditions arise from the structures innervated by the trigeminal system (head, face, masticatory musculature, temporomandibular joint and associated structures). the problem with referred pain is the misdiagnosis and unnecessary therapy directed to the pain location instead of its origin. when cr...

conclusions ica with trigeminal neuralgia and local neuropathic itch is very rarely encountered in clinical practice. as it is not always diagnosed at first, some patients miss the best treatment period. therefore, we call for emphasis to be placed on early diagnosis and timely surgical treatment. introduction intramedullary cavernous angioma (ica) is a rare lesion of the spinal cord, represent...

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...

The neurological complications of bee venom poisoning vary from optic neuritis to pontine hematoma. However, to our best knowledge, trigeminal neuropathic pain secondary to bee sting has not been reported previously in the literature. We report the case of a 52-year-old male patient with right-sided trigeminal neuropathic pain that began a month earlier, following a honeybee sting to the right ...

BACKGROUND Trigeminal neuropathy is a rare, devastating condition that can be intractable and resistant to treatment. When medical treatment fails, invasive options are limited. Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is a relatively recent technique introduced to treat central neuropathic pain. The use of MCS to treat trigeminal neuropathic or deafferentation pain is not widespread and clinical data in...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a rare chronic pain disorder, characterised by paroxysms of severe, lancinating pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve. Most commonly, the second and third branches of the trigeminal nerve are affected. Paroxysms of pain may be related to tactile stimuli such as hair combing, shaving or a cold wind against the patients face. The pain associated with TN is ...

Latent changes in trigeminal ganglion structure and function resembling inflammatory conditions may predispose to acute attacks of migraine pain. Here, we investigated whether, in trigeminal sensory ganglia, cytokines such as TNFα might contribute to a local inflammatory phenotype of a transgenic knock-in (KI) mouse model of familial hemiplegic migraine type-1 (FHM-1). To this end, macrophage o...

Background. Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to medulla oblongata compression by dolichoectasia of the vertebral artery is rare. Case report. A 60-year-old patient with trigeminal a dolichoectatic presented. There was remarkable improvement in pain after treatment Gabapentine. Conclusions. Direct involvement nerve usual mechanism neuralgia. However, might be an important non-recognized cases doli...