Hemangioma of the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve in the Meckel cave presenting with facial pain and sixth nerve palsy

Authors
Brazis, PW Wharen, RE Czervionke, LF Witte, RJ Jones, AD
Citation
Pw. Brazis et al., Hemangioma of the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve in the Meckel cave presenting with facial pain and sixth nerve palsy, J NEURO-OPH, 20(1), 2000, pp. 14-16
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optalmology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
ISSN journal
10708022 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
14 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-8022(200003)20:1<14:HOTMBO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In a 25-year-old woman with episodic periorbital-temporal pain who eventual ly developed a sixth nerve palsy, magnetic resonance imaging revealed a les ion predominantly in the Meckel cave that was found to be a capillary heman gioma arising from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. Hemangi omas of the Meckel cave must be considered in cases of facial pain with a s ixth nerve palsy, even if there are no clinical findings of trigeminal neur opathy.