Trigeminal neuralgia caused by intracranial epidermoid tumour: report of a case.

نویسندگان

  • Hagen B E Klieb
  • Bruce V Freeman
چکیده

Trigeminal neuralgia is a recognized complication in patients with intracranial tumours affecting the trigeminal nerve. This case report describes an epidermoid tumour at the cerebellopontine angle in a middle-aged man with otherwise classical unilateral trigeminal neuralgia. The case highlights the difficulties of diagnosis and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when trigeminal neuralgia occurs concurrently with a brain tumour.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal

دوره 74 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008