Cerebellopontine angle tumor causing contralateral trigeminal neuralgia: a case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A case of trigeminal neuralgia caused by a contralateral acoustic neurinoma is reported. The patient's tic pain was completely alleviated after removal of the tumor. Previously reported cases of trigeminal neuralgia caused by contralateral cerebellopontine angle tumors are reviewed, and the pathophysiology of this disorder is discussed.

publication date

  • July 1, 1987

Research

keywords

  • Neuroma, Acoustic
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023236353

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1227/00006123-198707000-00018

PubMed ID

  • 3497359

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 21

issue

  • 1