Isolated Trigeminal Neuralgia Presented Due to Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst
- Author:
Soo Hwan YIM
1
;
Bora YOON
;
Jin Goo LEE
;
Yong Duk KIM
;
Sang Jun NA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Epidermoid cyst; Trigeminal neuralgia; Cerebellopontine angle
- MeSH: Cerebellopontine Angle; Epidermal Cyst; Humans; Multiple Sclerosis; Shock; Trigeminal Neuralgia
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2019;37(4):388-391
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a paroxysmal shock like pain restricted to the innervations of the areas of one or more trigeminal branches. The pathogenesis of TN is uncertain and typically is idiopathic, but it may be due to a structural lesion. Various etiologies such as vascular anomaly, tumor, infectious agents, and multiple sclerosis have been implicated as possible causes. Here we report two young patients diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia secondary to epidermoid cyst at the cerebellopontine angle.
