Trigeminal Neuralgia and Cerebellopontine‐Angle Lipoma in a Child

Trigeminal neuralgia and cerebellopontine‐angle lipomas are very rare in children. We describe the history and findings of an 8‐year‐old boy with right trigeminal neuralgia and a lipoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging at the level of the root‐entry zone of the right seventh cranial nerve. We propose a possible mechanism of infiltration of the trigeminal rootlets by the lipoma.