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Serial tests for serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and C4 levels were carried out on 20 patients undergoing microvascular decompression (MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia with interposition of synthetic material (Teflon +/- Dacron). These proteins represent important elements of host defense mechanisms
A 64-year-old man visited our clinic with a 9-day history of headache and fever. He had frequent, severe, electric shock-like pain in his left eye, forehead, and scalp. The body temperature was 37.1 degrees. Cranial nerve functions were intact. Limb weakness and stiff neck were absent. There were
A case of aspergillotic meningoencephalitis associated with trigeminal neuralgia was reported. The patient, a 41-year-old female, was admitted to our hospital on Nov. 20, 1977 with the chief complaint of right trigeminal neuralgia. On admission right facial paresthesia and right abducens palsy were
An 88-year-old man was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, and treatment of carbamazepine 200 mg/day was initiated. About 6 weeks later, the patient developed a skin rash accompanied by fever. He was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) caused by
BACKGROUND
Current standard of care for trigeminal neuralgia is treatment with the sodium channel blockers carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine, which although effective are associated with poor tolerability and the need for titration. BIIB074, a Nav1.7-selective, state-dependent sodium-channel blocker,
Rhinorrhea secondary to a retrosigmoid approach is rare, but when it manifests, it is due to a paradoxical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, as a result of the communication between the mastoid cells, middle ear, and eustachian tube, which finally ends on the release of CSF through the nasopharynx.
Cogan's syndrome is a rare autoimmune multisystem disease. The main clinical features of typical Cogan's syndrome are vestibuloauditory dysfunction and interstitial keratitis. The authors present a case of atypical Cogan's syndrome with headache, fever, deafness, trigeminal neuralgia and
Prevalence of neurological involvement in Behçet's disease (BD) varies between studies and is associated with high morbimortality. Neurological involvement is classified as parenchymal and non-parenchymal involvement (vascular involvement). Treatment of neurological involvement A 69 yr old man was admitted with a 10 day history of fever, arthromyalgia, dyspnoea, dry cough and pleuritic pain. Temperature was 38 degrees C; tachypnoea 36 rpm. Extensive crackles were audible over both upper lung fields. Chest X-ray showed bilateral alveolar infiltrates. Forced vital capacity
An 18-year-old male with a medical history of trigeminal neuralgia presented to the emergency department with complaints of severe abdominal pain associated with nausea, projectile vomiting, and watery diarrhea with no fever, rigors, and chills. The abdominal examination was unremarkable. His lab
Carbamazepine is a frequently used drug that can produce adverse reactions like vertigo, somnolence and severe skin reactions like Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms Syndrome (DRESS Syndrome). This syndrome is characterized by a late-appearing, slow-progressing cutaneous eruption
Carbamazepine is one of the drugs most widely prescribed for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and psychomotor seizures. Coincidentally with its use, hypersensitivity reactions to this agent have ben reported with increasing frequency. This report documents our recent encounter with 2 patients
We have reported a case of paratrigeminal epidermoid originated in the Meckel's cave. A 30 years old man was admitted to the department of neurosurgery with chief complaints of continuous right facial pain and numbness of entire right side of the face of three years duration. The positive
The patient is a 60-year-old woman with a history of vertigo and seasonal allergies who presented to the hospital with the chief complaint of headache. Radiological findings were negative for intracranial abnormalities. The headache was due to trigeminal neuralgia. She had concurrent complaints of