Trigeminal Neuralgia: Report of a Case and Literature Review

Authors

  • SM Anwar Sadat Resident Surgeon, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dhaka Dental College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Afia Sultana Honorary Medical Officer, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dhaka Dental College Hospital, Dhaka
  • Sufia Nasrin Rita Associate Professor & Head, Department of Orthodontics, Sapporo Dental College Hospital
  • Md Raziuddin Khan Associate Professor. Department of Anatomy Dhaka Dental College, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v26i1.21319

Keywords:

Carbamazepine, Trigeminal Neuralgia

Abstract

Trigeminal neuralgia is a sudden, severe, stabbing, recurrent and usually unilateral pain in the distribution of one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve. A 55 years old man, diagnosed case of Trigeminal Neuralgia of the left side of the face was treated with oral carbamazepine with good response. But after that the disease became refractory to the drug. With the titration of dose of carbamazepine, raising up to 1200 mg daily in three equal divided doses added with amitryptylene, we could give relief of pain to patient. The patient is now under observation & we are following him for last 6 months with a good response of the combination drug. It justifies that alteration, titration of carbamazepine and combination with amitryptylene can cause remission of trigeminal neuralgia instead of doing surgical intervention.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v26i1.21319

Medicine Today 2014 Vol.26(1): 66-68

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Published

2014-12-25

How to Cite

Sadat, S. A., Sultana, A., Rita, S. N., & Khan, M. R. (2014). Trigeminal Neuralgia: Report of a Case and Literature Review. Medicine Today, 26(1), 66–68. https://doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v26i1.21319

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Case Reports