Rhizotomy targeting the intermediate nerve, the glossopharyngeal nerve and the upper 1st to 2nd rootlets of the vagus nerve for the treatment of laryngeal neuralgia combined with intermediate nerve neuralgia-a case report

BMC Surgery

Case Report

Shengye Yang¹  Guangliang Han²  Kai Zhang²  Qiang Zong²  Lijiang Wang²  Hongxing Li² 

[1] Clinical Teaching and Research Group, Shandong Shengli Vocational College health care Branch, Dongying, Shandong Province, P.R. China;Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 257000, Dongying, Shandong Province, P.R. China;

关键词: Laryngeal neuralgia combined with intermediate nerve neuralgia;    Trigeminal neuralgia;    Rhizotomy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-14-60

 received in 2013-03-27, accepted in 2014-08-05,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn neurosurgery, the most common type of facial and pharyngeal pain is trigeminal neuralgia. In contrast, glossopharyngeal neuralgia is relatively rare, and laryngeal neuralgia is the most rarely observed.Case presentationA case of laryngeal neuralgia combined with intermediate nerve neuralgia that was admitted to our hospital in May 2012 was reported here. The patient was a 58-year-old middle-aged female, who experienced 2 years of paroxysmal burning and stabbing pain near the thyroid perichodrium, in the skin covering the right front side of the neck, and deep in inner ear.ConclusionThe surgical treatment plan similar to that for glossopharyngeal neuralgia could be applied if laryngeal neuralgia is associated with glossopharyngeal neuralgia and intermediate neuralgia or if no obvious improvement is achieved with the above mentioned treatment approaches.

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