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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2017; 06(03): 220-222
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1596043
Case Report
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Pituitary Adenoma Presenting As Trigeminal Neuralgia

Abrar A. Wani
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
,
Altaf U. Ramzan
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
,
Abdul Q. Khan
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
,
Nayil K. Malik
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
,
Khalid Pervez
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India
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Abstract

Compression of trigeminal nerve in cavernous sinus leading to trigeminal neuralgia is one of the rare presentations of pituitary tumor. We report a patient whose presenting complaint was trigeminal neuralgia in V1, V2 distribution and he had pituitary macroadenoma invading ipsilateral cavernous sinus. After surgery, the neuralgia disappeared completely.

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pituitary - trigeminal - neuralgia - tumor
 

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