Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

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Chronic recurrent trigeminal neuritis of the maxillary branch confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging

  • Hong, Soon-Ho (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Duk (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Na, Sang-Jun (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Kee Ook (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Yun Kyung (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoon, Bora (Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2017.05.24
  • Accepted : 2017.06.12
  • Published : 2017.07.31
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Abstract

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is generally characterized by lancinating, unilateral, paroxysmal pain occurring in the distribution of the fifth cranial nerve. TN is diagnosed clinically based on the typical patient history, negative findings in a neurologic examination, and the response to medication. Idiopathic TN is the most common type, but TN can result from vascular malformation, compression, trauma, neoplasm, multiple sclerosis, or inflammation. We report a TN case diagnosed as recurrent trigeminal neuritis of the maxillary branch confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging.

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