Tumor associated trigeminal neuralgia

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Tumor associated trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia pathogenesis is uncertain. What is nominated as typically TN is idiopathic, but may be due to a structural lesion:

Posterior fossa tumors 1) 2) 3) 4) 5), contralateral posterior fossa tumors, 6) 7)ipsilateral and contralateral supratentorial tumors 8) 9) 10) 11) 12).

Trigeminal neuralgia in vestibular schwannoma 13).

Trigeminal neuralgia as the initial manifestation of temporal glioma 14).

A supratentorial tumor can initiate TN even without a direct involvement of the trigeminal ganglion or nerve. Such tumors may lead to increased intracranial pressure and brain shift generating a pressure cone that distorts the brain stemand displaces an adjacent vessel, compressing the trigeminal nerve root.

Another explanatory mechanism in a patient with supratentorial tumor and hydrocephalus can be that pressure over the trigeminal sensory root rather than stretching of the nerve fiber leads to TN 15).

References

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Gnanalingham K, Joshi SM, Lopez B, Ellamushi H, Hamlyn P. Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to Chiari’s malformation–treatment with ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Surg Neurol. 2005;63:586–8. discussion 588-9.
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Goel A, Sham A. Trigeminal neuralgia in the presence of ectatic basilar artery and basilar invagination: Treatment by foramen magnum decompression: Case report. J Neurosurg. 2009;111:1220–2.
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Peñarrocha-Diago M, Mora-Escribano E, Bagán JV, Peñarrocha-Diago M. Neoplastic trigeminal neuropathy: Presentation of 7 cases. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2006;11:E106–11.
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Cirak B, Kimaz N, Arslanoglu A. Trigeminal neuralgia caused by intracranial epidermoid tumor: Report of a case and review of different therapeutic modalities. Pain Physician. 2004;7:129–32.
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Guttal KS, Naikmasur VG, Joshi SK, Bathi RJ. Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to epidermoid cyst at the cerebellopontine angle: Case report and brief review. Odontology. 2009;97:54–6.
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Love S, Coakham HB. Trigeminal neuralgia: Pathology and pathogenesis. Brain. 2001;124:2347–60.
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Apostolakis S, Karagianni A, Mitropoulos A, Filias P, Vlachos K. Trigeminal neuralgia in vestibular schwannoma: Atypical presentation and neuroanatomical correlations. Neurochirurgie. 2019 Mar 21. pii: S0028-3770(19)30024-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2019.01.001. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30905383.
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Khalatbari M, Amirjamshidi A. Trigeminal neuralgia as the initial manifestation of temporal glioma: Report of three cases and a review of the literature. Surg Neurol Int. 2011;2:114. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.83734. Epub 2011 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 21886887; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3162802.
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Cirak B, Kimaz N, Arslanoglu A. Trigeminal neuralgia caused by intracranial epidermoid tumor: Report of a case and review of different therapeutic modalities. Pain Physician. 2004;7:129–32.

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