Abstract
Most idiopathic trigeminal neuralgias are caused by vascular compression at the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve. (Dandy [1] and Jannetta [2]) We report a case of pure V1 trigeminal neuralgia caused by a small trigeminal neurinoma which had not been detected on preoperative neuroradiological examination.
MeSH terms
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neurilemmoma / complications*
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Neurilemmoma / diagnosis
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Neurilemmoma / pathology
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Neurologic Examination
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Trigeminal Nerve / pathology*
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Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / complications*
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Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
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Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / pathology
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Trigeminal Neuralgia / etiology*
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Trigeminal Neuralgia / pathology