Intractable trigeminal neuralgia because of a communication difficulty of the patient and the absence of a cause based on imaging
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- OTOME Kimimichi
- Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
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- TAKADA Tomosue
- Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
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- KATO Shigeru
- Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
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- SUGIURA Yaeko
- Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital
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- 意志疎通が困難で,画像検査で明らかな原因を認めなかったため,治療に難渋した三叉神経痛の1症例
- イシ ソツウ ガ コンナン デ,ガゾウ ケンサ デ アキラカ ナ ゲンイン オ ミトメナカッタ タメ,チリョウ ニ ナンジュウ シタ ミツマタ シンケイツウ ノ 1 ショウレイ
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The patient was a 73-year-old female with a chief complaint of right oral pain during eating. The pain could not be closely evaluated because of difficulty in communication due to her past medical history of subarachnoid hemorrhage. The cause could not be identified by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging, but neuralgia of the third branch of the right trigeminal nerve was suspected based on the course. Oral drugs and a nerve block were administered, but evaluation of the effect of each treatment was difficult. Because the pain was intractable, craniotomy was performed on a trial basis. Two arteries contacted the trigeminal nerve, for which microvascular decompression was applied, and it was markedly effective. Reflecting on this case, we should evaluate pain by formalizing physical expressions, such as facial expressions, for patients with communication difficulty. Even though no cause may be observed on imaging, it is suggested to perform a craniotomy on a trial basis for patients with intractable trigeminal neuralgia.
Journal
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- Journal of Japan Society of Pain Clinicians
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Journal of Japan Society of Pain Clinicians 23 (1), 12-15, 2016
Japan Society of Pain Clinicians
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679435171328
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- NII Article ID
- 130005131934
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- NII Book ID
- AN10440947
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- ISSN
- 18841791
- 13404903
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- NDL BIB ID
- 027165202
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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