Trigeminal neuralgia – diagnosis and treatment

• Published in: Cephalalgia Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 648 - 657
• Main Authors: Maarbjerg, Stine, Di Stefano, Giulia, Bendtsen, Lars, Cruccu, Giorgio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Humans; Trigeminal Neuralgia - diagnosis; Trigeminal Neuralgia - therapy; treatment; guidelines; diagnostic criteria; Trigeminal neuralgia; pathophysiology; etiology
• ISSN: 0333-1024; 1468-2982; 1468-2982
• DOI: 10.1177/0333102416687280

Introduction Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by touch-evoked unilateral brief shock-like paroxysmal pain in one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve. In addition to the paroxysmal pain, some patients also have continuous pain. TN is divided into classical TN (CTN) and secondary TN (S...