Diabetes Mellitus in Classical Trigeminal Neuralgia: a predisposing factor for its development

Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is defined as a sudden, usually unilateral, severe, brief, stabbing, recurrent episodes of pain in the distribution of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. Most of the cases are Classic Trigeminal Neuralgia (CTN) without an established etiology [1].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - October 21, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Zhenq Xu, Ping Zhang, Li Long, Huiy He, Jianch Zhang, Shup Sun Source Type: research