Trigeminal neuralgia (part I): Revisiting the clinical phenotype

Conclusion
There are clear diagnostic criteria for CTN but often patients present with features, such as long pain attacks, that challenge such accepted criteria. In our cohort the clinical phenotype of trigeminal, neuralgiform pain with or without autonomic signs and background pain was observed across both short and long attack groups and the clinical implications of this are discussed.

Source: Cephalalgia - June 23, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Haviv, Y., Khan, J., Zini, A., Almoznino, G., Sharav, Y., Benoliel, R. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research