| Abstrakt: |
Trigeminal neuralgia is a well-known facial pain syndrome characterised by excruciating, paroxysmal, shock-like pain attacks located in the somatosensory distribution of the trigeminal nerve. It occurs in both genders (with a slight female predominance), and the diagnosis is most common over age 50. Where infraorbital and inferior alveolar branch neuralgias are still more common, supraorbital neuralgia is a rare disorder accounting for 4% of all incidences. Its hallmark is localised pain in or above the eyebrow. The persistence of protracted unilateral forehead/ocular pain, tenderness over the nerve and repeated blockade effect strongly suggest the diagnosis. Surgical treatment can be used when the medical treatment fails or in patients who do not tolerate the pharmacological treatment. We present a case report of a patient with diagnosis of supraorbital neuralgia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
