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Temporal lobe glioblastoma presenting as Raeder paratrigeminal syndrome

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In a 46 year old patient periorbital pain, miosis and ptosis, i.e. Raeder paratrigeminal neuralgia, were caused by a temporal lobe glioblastoma. This is the fifth case in the literature in which this syndrome was due to a neoplasm.

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Viene descritto il caso di un paziente di 46 anni in cui dolore periorbitario, miosi e ptosi (sindrome paratrigeminale di Raeder) erano causati da un glioblastoma del lobo temporale. Questo è il quinto caso descritto in letteratura di sindrome di Raeder causato da neoplasia.

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Schoenhuber, R., Vescovin, E., Calcaterra et al. Temporal lobe glioblastoma presenting as Raeder paratrigeminal syndrome. Ital J Neuro Sci 4, 117–119 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02043450

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