Abstract
Trigeminal neuralgia may be idiopathic or may involve other causes. It can be secondary to posterior fossa tumors many times. In the present case, posterior fossa meningioma was detected with trigeminal neuralgia together. However, relevant meningioma is not seen as a cause of trigeminal neuralgia clinic with posterior fossa settlement. Tumor localization and the story of the patient suggest that the two diseases are completely separate processes. Meningioma was completely incidentally visualized during magnetic resonance imaging. In our article, we present this coexistency. We also performed a brief review of the literature investigating the relationship between trigeminal neuralgia and intracranial lesions during this case report.
Highlights
A 54-year-old male patient admitted to polyclinic with severe facial pain
If the Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is due to a structural cause, focal deficits are more common
When we review the literature, it is seen that especially posterior fossa and pontocerebellar angle tumors and lesions may cause TN (Table 1) In the literature review, intracranial lesions associated with trigeminal neuralgia include meningioma, trigeminal nerve schwannoma, facial nerve schwannoma, vestibular
Summary
A 54-year-old male patient admitted to polyclinic with severe facial pain. The pain spreading to the right upper jaw and right lower jaw was exacerbated by eating, drinking, and facial washing. It is usually not associated with any focal deficit. Patients who do not respond to medical treatment microvascular decompression surgery can be performed [4, 15,16,17, 30, 32, 33]. We will talk about microvascular decompression surgery due to TN, as well as posterior fossa meningioma excision.
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