Differential diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory trigeminal sensory neuropathy from neuroma with a biopsy: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1246-1250

  Savas, Ali ^a   Deda, Haluk ^a   Erden, Esra ^a   Kanpolat, Yucel ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Inflammation; Neuroma; Neuropathy; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; DEMYELINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROMA; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0032721316     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00053     Document Type: Article

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