Differential diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory trigeminal Sensory neuropathy from neuroma with a biopsy: Case report

Savas A., Deda H., Erden E., Kanpolat Y.

NEUROSURGERY, vol.45, no.5, pp.1246-1249, 1999 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/00006123-199911000-00053
  • Journal Name: NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1246-1249
  • Keywords: biopsy, inflammation, neuroma, neuropathy, trigeminal nerve
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Idiopathic inflammatory trigeminal sensory neuropathy (IITSN) is a disorder with the dominant clinical features of trigeminal sensory disturbance; this idiopathic condition follows a benign course in most cases. Recent reports have shown that transient abnormalities, which may mimic those of trigeminal neuromas, can be observed in magnetic resonance imaging scans. presented here is a case of IITSN that was diagnosed, with cytological and histopathological verification, during the active inflammatory phase of the disease (the first such attempt, to our knowledge).