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Trigeminal neuropathy associated with an enlarging arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: case report, man...

Trigeminal neuropathy associated with an enlarging arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: case report, man...

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Trigeminal neuropathy associated with an enlarging arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: case report, management strategy and review of the literature

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Trigeminal neuropathy associated with an enlarging arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: case report, management strategy and review of the literature

Publisher

Vienna: Springer Vienna

Journal title

Acta neurochirurgica, 2017-12, Vol.159 (12), p.2309-2312

Language

English

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Vienna: Springer Vienna

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Contents

We describe a rare case and novel management strategy of painful trigeminal neuropathy caused by an arachnoid cyst confined to Meckel’s cave. A 57-year-old female presented with several years of progressive trigeminal pain and signs of trigeminal deafferentation, including sensory loss, corneal anesthesia and mastication muscle atrophy. Medical tre...

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Trigeminal neuropathy associated with an enlarging arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: case report, management strategy and review of the literature

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1925288676

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1925288676

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ISSN

0001-6268

E-ISSN

0942-0940

DOI

10.1007/s00701-017-3262-5

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