Carcinoma of the Tongue Presenting as Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Case Report

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 13; no. 12; p. e20514
• Main Authors: Kim, David, Idrizi, Adem, Housny, Walaa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 19.12.2021; Cureus
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Cancer therapies; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Chronic pain; Dysphagia; Hypokalemia; Oncology; Oral cancer; Pain Management; Patients; Radiation; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue; Tumors; United States > US; palliative management; contrast enhanced ct; oral cancers; trigeminal neuralgia; chronic pain management; squamous cell carcinoma (scc); trigeminal nerve block; trigeminal nerve pain; lymphadenopathy

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) presents with extreme pain involving one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). Although the exact cause of TN is still unknown, most cases have been linked to neurovascular compression of the nerve at the base of the brain. Pain refractory to medications can be t...