Chiari I malformation manifesting as bilateral trigeminal neuralgia: case report and review of the literature

@article{Than2010ChiariIM,
  title={Chiari I malformation manifesting as bilateral trigeminal neuralgia: case report and review of the literature},
  author={Khoi D. Than and Milad Sharifpour and Anthony C. Wang and Byron Gregory Thompson and Aditya S. Pandey},
  journal={Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery \& Psychiatry},
  year={2010},
  volume={82},
  pages={1058 - 1059}
}
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterised by recurrent episodes of sudden, intense, usually unilateral, lancinating pain confined to the distribution of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. It is most commonly associated with compression of the trigeminal nerve root by an artery or vein, which is thought to lead to irritability of the nerve root due to demyelination and remyelination at the root entry zone. However, some cases are associated with central lesions such as multiple… 
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The hypothesis that TN patients without NVC differ from TN patient with NVC with respect to brain anatomy and demographic characteristics is evaluated and it is suggested that smaller posterior fossa volume might be an independent factor in the pathophysiology of TN.
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