Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9217801 | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is a well recognized syndrome characterized by lancinating attacks of severe facial pain. The diagnosis of TN is based on a history of characteristic pain attacks that are consistent with specific widely accepted criteria for the diagnosis. TN pain attacks may result from physiologic changes induced by a chronic partial injury to the brainstem trigeminal nerve root from a variety of causes. An early and accurate diagnosis of TN is important, because therapeutic interventions can reduce or eliminate pain attacks in the large majority of TN patients.
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Authors
Steven J. Scrivani, Ernest S. Mathews, Raymond J. Maciewicz,