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Trigeminal Neuralgia as the Sole Symptom of Pancreatic Cancer
Author(s) -
Dach Fabíola,
Oliveira Felipe A. A.,
dos Santos Antônio C.,
Speciali José G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02246.x
Subject(s) - trigeminal neuralgia , medicine , cancer , pancreatic cancer , dermatology , anesthesia
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a condition characterized by brief electric shock‐like pains in the topography of the trigeminal nerve. The most common cause of this disorder is the compression of the trigeminal nerve root by tortuous or aberrant vessels. In this report, we describe a patient who presented due to paroxysmal and excruciating facial pain that was found to be secondary to pancreatic cancer.