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A review of 30 cases with cerebellopontine angle tumors was carried out to identify patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) at presentation and to compare them with patients without TN. The study shows that dermoid tumors and the presence of tumor at the apex of petrous bone on CT are associated with a significantly higher incidence of TN, while the incidence did not appear to be influenced by age, sex, or size of tumor. In all patients but one (with medulloblastoma) that had surgery, there the TN disappeared following total or subtotal excision of the tumor, providing the trigeminal nerve was well decompressed. Patients with TN should be investigated carefully by CT or MRI irre-spective of their age or the absence of neurological signs.
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Jamjoom, A.B., Jamjoom, Z.A.B., Al-Fehaily, M. et al. Trigeminal neuralgia related to cerebellopontine angle tumors. Neurosurg. Rev. 19, 237–241 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314838
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