TY - JOUR
T1 - Absence of Meckel's Cave with Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Case Report
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Alhatmi, Asma
AU - Al-Qassabi, Ahmed
AU - Raniga, Sameer bhimjibhai
AU - Al ajmi, Eiman
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PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a disabling painful condition along the course of the sensory distribution of the trigeminal nerve that most commonly occurs due to vascular compression or conflict at the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve. We report a 27-year-old female patient who presented with pain and an electric shock-like sensation on the right side of her face that started three years ago. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was done and revealed no neurovascular conflict along the course of the trigeminal nerve. The absence of Meckel's cave with atrophy of the cisternal segment of the trigeminal nerve on the affected side was reported. The absence of Meckel's cave is an exceedingly rare cause of TN, and only a handful of reported cases in the literature suggest the association between them.
AB - Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a disabling painful condition along the course of the sensory distribution of the trigeminal nerve that most commonly occurs due to vascular compression or conflict at the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve. We report a 27-year-old female patient who presented with pain and an electric shock-like sensation on the right side of her face that started three years ago. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was done and revealed no neurovascular conflict along the course of the trigeminal nerve. The absence of Meckel's cave with atrophy of the cisternal segment of the trigeminal nerve on the affected side was reported. The absence of Meckel's cave is an exceedingly rare cause of TN, and only a handful of reported cases in the literature suggest the association between them.
KW - Meckel's cave
KW - neurovascular conflict
KW - root entry zone
KW - trigeminal neuralgia
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0042-1759638
DO - 10.1055/s-0042-1759638
M3 - Article
C2 - 36855729
AN - SCOPUS:85144905206
SN - 0971-3026
VL - 33
SP - 124
EP - 128
JO - Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
JF - Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
IS - 01
ER -