Abstract

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a nerve disorder of the 5th cranial nerve, i.e. Trigeminal nerve. It is one of the most painful disorders to plague humans since at least as far back as 1st century A. D. Even more than that trigeminal neuralgia does not have any visible signs or causes, so for a long time they went untreated. Now, with advanced imaging procedures such as MRI, it can be diagnosed and managed. The various diagnostic and management methods of Trigeminal Neuralgia are mentioned below. Keywords: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Case Report, History, Classification, Diagnostic Grading, White and Sweet Criterion, Differential Diagnosis, Management.

Highlights

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia is a peripheral painful lasted 5-7 minutes

  • A tentative provisional diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia was assigned to the patient

  • Case Discussion Trigeminal neuralgia has been a common malady since centuries, with the first recorded cases seen in writings of Aretaeus of Cappodocia in the 2nd century A.D

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Summary

Introduction

Trigeminal Neuralgia is a peripheral painful lasted 5-7 minutes. The patient had and needle sensations, burning, shooting or electric normal non-palpable cervical lymph nodes and normal shock-like pains. Patient expressed pain on of spontaneous attacks via ectopic sensory discharges touching supraorbital, infraorbital, zygomatic upper lip on mechanosensitive neural pathways, like in Tinel and pre-auricular region on right side of face.

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