Pituitary adenoma with trigeminal neuralgia

ABSTRACT

Pituitary adenoma with parasellar extension ma invade into cavernous sinus leading to involvement of traversing cranial nerves, but isolated trigeminal neuralgia as a presentation of pituitary adenoma is very uncommon. We report a case of pituitary adenoma, presenting with intractable trigeminal neuralgia as the only complaint. The radioimaging study revealed pituitary macroadenoma. Symptoms completely disappeared following transsphenoidal decompression of the tumour