Trigeminal neuropathic pain following honeybee sting: A case report Arı sokması sonrası trigeminal nöropatik aǧrı: Olgu sunumu

KAHILOĞULLARI G., UĞUR H. Ç., Tatli M., Kanpolat Y.

Turkish Neurosurgery, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.261-264, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Neurosurgery
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.261-264
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: CT-guided tractotomy, Honeybee sting, Neurological complications, Trigeminal neuropathic pain
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The neurological complications of bee venom poisoning vary from optic neuritis to pontine hematoma. However, to our best knowledge, trigeminal neuropathic pain secondary to bee sting has not been reported previously in the literature. We report the case of a 52-year-old male patient with right-sided trigeminal neuropathic pain that began a month earlier, following a honeybee sting to the right forehead. The patient was successfully treated by CT-guided percutaneous trigeminal tractotomy. The present report demonstrated that a honeybee sting may result in trigeminal neuropathic pain and CT-guided percutaneous trigeminal tractotomy is effective in the treatment of such cases.