Concurrent trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and hypertension by neurovascular compression. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Platania, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Hypertension etiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Microvascular decompression; Neuralgia etiology; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0030784707     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Burchiel KJ, Clarke H, Haglund M. Longterm efficacy of microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia. J Neurosurg 1988;69:35-8.
2. Wilkins RH. Surgical treatment of neuralgia: vascular decompression procedures. Semin Neurol 1988;8:280-5.