Meningioma related trigeminal neuralgia presenting as odontalgia: A case report
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
;
: 117-120, 2013.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-56837
ABSTRACT
Classical trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by recurrent attacks of lancinating pain in the trigeminal nerve distribution, and no cause of the symptoms can be identified, other than vascular compression. This type of injury may rarely be caused by identifiable conditions, including tumor in the cerebellopontine angle. If the patient is suspected for secondary trigeminal neuralgia, further evaluation is required to diagnose and treat correctly. We report a case of a 49-year-old woman with a 1-month history of facial pain, who was initially misdiagnosed as odontalgia, and even treated with the extraction of her molar teeth. This case with the review of secondary trigeminal neuralgia may highlight the difficulties of diagnosis, and the importance of early diagnostic imaging, when trigeminal neuralgia occurs with a brain tumor.
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Main subject:
Tooth
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Toothache
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Trigeminal Nerve
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Trigeminal Neuralgia
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Facial Pain
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Brain Neoplasms
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Neuroma, Acoustic
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Cerebellopontine Angle
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Meningioma
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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