Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient
Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful condition affecting face. Its commonest cause is the tortuous vessels in prepontine cistern. There are other causes also, like brainstem lesions and mass lesions, as well as inflammatory causes. We present a case of an HIV patient with marked involvement of trigemin...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-01-01
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| author | Hashmi Mohammad Guha Gautam Saha Bibhuti |
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| description | Trigeminal neuralgia is a painful condition affecting face. Its commonest cause is the tortuous vessels in prepontine cistern. There are other causes also, like brainstem lesions and mass lesions, as well as inflammatory causes. We present a case of an HIV patient with marked involvement of trigeminal nerves, which is a unique finding in immunocompromised patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ab6c3dcb349c4f44923199c2537530e32022-12-22T03:43:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Global Infectious Diseases0974-777X0974-82452010-01-01216566Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patientHashmi MohammadGuha GautamSaha BibhutiTrigeminal neuralgia is a painful condition affecting face. Its commonest cause is the tortuous vessels in prepontine cistern. There are other causes also, like brainstem lesions and mass lesions, as well as inflammatory causes. We present a case of an HIV patient with marked involvement of trigeminal nerves, which is a unique finding in immunocompromised patients.http://www.bioline.org.br/request?10012Human immunodeficiency virusTrigeminal nerveMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| spellingShingle | Hashmi Mohammad Guha Gautam Saha Bibhuti Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient Journal of Global Infectious Diseases Human immunodeficiency virus Trigeminal nerve Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| title | Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient |
| title_full | Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient |
| title_fullStr | Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient |
| title_short | Trigeminal neuralgia in an HIV patient |
| title_sort | trigeminal neuralgia in an hiv patient |
| topic | Human immunodeficiency virus Trigeminal nerve Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
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