Trigeminal Neuralgia in Two Patients With Glioblastoma

Headache in glioblastoma patients often indicates raised intracranial pressure by either tumor edema or tumor progression. We report local glioblastoma growth causing cranial nerve lesions as well as trigeminal neuralgia, and highlight pain management in these patients.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Headache 2005-10, Vol.45 (9), p.1267-1270
Hauptverfasser:	Hess, Barbara, Oberndorfer, Stefan, Urbanits, Sabine, Lahrmann, Heinz, Horvath-Mechtler, Barbara, Grisold, Wolfgang
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Brain Neoplasms - complications cavernous sinus infiltration cranial nerve lesion Cranial nerves. Spinal roots. Peripheral nerves. Autonomic nervous system. Gustation. Olfaction Fatal Outcome Female glioblastoma Glioblastoma - complications Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology pain symptomatic trigeminal neuralgia Temporal Lobe Trigeminal Neuralgia - etiology Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Headache in glioblastoma patients often indicates raised intracranial pressure by either tumor edema or tumor progression. We report local glioblastoma growth causing cranial nerve lesions as well as trigeminal neuralgia, and highlight pain management in these patients.
ISSN:	0017-8748 1526-4610
DOI:	10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.00253_3.x