Wallenberg’s syndrome and symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Brief Report

Patricia Simal¹  Raúl Barahona¹  Jesús Porta-Etessam¹  María L. Cuadrado¹  Javier Casas¹  Carlos M. Ordás¹  Jordi Matías-Guiu Antem¹ 

[1] Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense, Profesor Martín Lagos s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain;

关键词: Trigeminal neuralgia;    Facial pain;    Wallenberg’s syndrome;    Lateral medullary infarction;    Brainstem infarction;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s10194-011-0305-9

 received in 2011-01-01, accepted in 2011-01-22,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia due to a brainstem infarction is said to be rare. However, facial pain is not uncommon in Wallenberg’s syndrome. Facial pain related to a Wallenberg’s syndrome may be either persistent of intermittent, and occasionally occurs in brief attacks. Here, we report a patient with a right lateral medullary infarction who started having first division trigeminal neuralgia 1 month after the stroke. The pain paroxysms were suppressed with gabapentin.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2011