Idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy in childhood.

Publisher: Sage Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8606714 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0883-0738 (Print) Linking ISSN: 08830738 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Child Neurol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage
Original Publication: Littleton, MA : PSG Pub. Co., c1986-

Trigeminal Neuralgia/*physiopathology; Administration, Topical ; Belladonna Alkaloids/therapeutic use ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Severity of Illness Index ; Trigeminal Neuralgia/diagnosis ; Trigeminal Neuralgia/drug therapy

Harris first reported transient idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy in 1935, although it later appeared that, in some of his patients, this condition evolved to typical chronic and painful trigeminal neuralgia. The patients who were later described by Hill and Hughes suffered a combined motor-sensory Vth cranial nerve dysfunction, and most cases reported by Spillane and Wells developed sustained permanent trigeminal neuropathy. The largest reported series of pure trigeminal sensory neuropathy includes 10 adults with varying degrees of sensory disturbance confined to all three nerve divisions. These patients experienced no facial pain or motor deficit, and 5 (50%) recovered completely within a few months. It is estimated that typical trigeminal neuralgia occurs in about 1 in 25,000 of the population and is uncommon prior to the third decade, with 1% of the cases occurring before the age of 20 years. To our knowledge, we present the first clinical report of idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy occurring in childhood.

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Date Created: 20010821 Date Completed: 20020124 Latest Revision: 20170214

20231215

10.1177/088307380101600821

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