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Case Reports
. 2010 May;19(3):251-252.
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.04.005.

Secondary trigeminal neuropathy and neuralgia resulting from pontine infarction

Makoto Katsuno  1 , Akira Teramoto  2
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Secondary trigeminal neuropathy and neuralgia resulting from pontine infarction

Makoto Katsuno et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 May.

Abstract

Trigeminal neuropathy and neuralgia are most commonly caused by vascular compression. Only 9 cases of trigeminal neuropathy and neuralgia due to pontine infarction have been reported in medical literature. A 68-year-old man presented numbness and sharp pain on the right side of his face. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a wedge-shaped lesion without mass effect adjacent to the root entry zone of the right trigeminal nerve. This is a rare report on a case of pontine infarction causing secondary trigeminal neuropathy and neuralgia.

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