Causes of Trigeminal neuralgia
List of causes of Trigeminal neuralgia
Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions
(see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Trigeminal neuralgia)
that could possibly cause Trigeminal neuralgia includes:
- Benign tumor of the meninges
- Facial nerve tumor
- Enlarged blood vessels
- Often, no cause can be found. However, areas of brain swelling or abnormal blood vessels (arteriovenous malformations) can cause it
Trigeminal neuralgia Causes: Book Excerpts
Trigeminal neuralgia as a symptom:
Conditions listing Trigeminal neuralgia
as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Trigeminal neuralgia.
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Trigeminal neuralgia as a symptom of that condition:
What causes Trigeminal neuralgia?
Causes: Trigeminal neuralgia:
Often no clear cause; sometimes an underlying condition
Related information on causes of Trigeminal neuralgia:
As with all medical conditions,
there may be many causal factors.
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Tics:
Medical causes
(Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome, which is thought to be largely a genetic disorder, typically begins between ages 2 and 15 with a tic that involves the face or neck. Indications include both motor and vocal tics that may involve the muscles of the shoulders, arms, trunk, and legs. The tics may be associated with violent movements and outbursts of obscenities (coprolalia). The patient snorts, barks, and grunts and may emit explosive sounds, such as hissing, when he speaks. He may involuntarily repeat another person’s words (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia). At times, this syndrome subsides spontaneously or undergoes a prolonged remission, but it may persist throughout life.
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Source: Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition), 2006
Trigeminal neuralgia:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Although the cause remains undetermined, trigeminal neuralgia may reflect an afferent reflex in the brain stem or in the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve. Such neuralgia may also be related to compression of the nerve root by posterior fossa tumors, middle fossa tumors, or vascular lesions (subclinical aneurysm), although such lesions usually produce simultaneous loss of sensation. Occasionally, trigeminal neuralgia is a manifestation of multiple sclerosis or herpes zoster. Whatever the cause, the pain of trigeminal neuralgia is probably produced by an interaction or short-circuiting of touch and pain fibers.
Trigeminal neuralgia occurs mostly in people older than age 40, in women more commonly than men, and on the right side of the face more commonly than the left. Incidence is 4 to 5 cases per 100,000 people.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Tic disorders:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Although their exact cause is unknown, tic disorders occur more in certain families, suggesting a genetic cause. Tics commonly develop when a child experiences overwhelming anxiety, usually associated with normal maturation. Tics may be precipitated or exacerbated by the use of phenothiazines or central nervous system stimulants or by head trauma.
All tic disorders are three times more common in boys than in girls. About 2% of the population has Tourette syndrome.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Tics:
Medical causes
(Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
Tourette syndrome
This syndrome, which is thought to be largely a genetic disorder, typically begins between ages 2 and 15 with a tic that involves the face or neck. It may include both motor and vocal tics that may involve the muscles of the shoulders, arms, trunk, and legs. The tics may be associated with violent movements and outbursts of obscenities (coprolalia). The patient snorts, barks, and grunts and may emit explosive sounds, such as hissing, when he speaks. He may involuntarily repeat another person’s words (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia). Tourette syndrome sometimes subsides spontaneously or undergoes a prolonged remission, but it may persist throughout life.
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Source: Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition), 2006
Trigeminal neuralgia:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Although the cause remains undetermined, trigeminal neuralgia may:
❑ reflect an afferent reflex phenomenon located centrally in the brain stem or more peripherally in the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve
❑ be related to compression of the nerve root by posterior fossa tumors, middle fossa tumors, or vascular lesions (subclinical aneurysm), although such lesions usually produce simultaneous loss of sensation
❑ occasionally be a manifestation of multiple sclerosis or herpes zoster.
Whatever the cause, the pain of trigeminal neuralgia is probably produced by an interaction or short-circuiting of touch and pain fibers.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Tic disorders:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Although their exact cause is unknown, tic disorders occur more frequently in certain families, suggesting a genetic cause. Tics commonly develop when a child experiences overwhelming anxiety, usually associated with normal maturation. Tics may be precipitated or exacerbated by the use of phenothiazines or central nervous system stimulants or by head trauma.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Tics:
Medical causes
(Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
Tourette's syndrome.Tourette's syndrome typically begins with a tic that involves the face or neck. Indications include both motor and vocal tics that may involve the muscles of the shoulders, arms, trunk, and legs. The tics may be associated with violent movements and outbursts of obscenities (coprolalia). The patient snorts, barks, and grunts and may emit explosive sounds, such as hissing, when he speaks. He may involuntarily repeat another person's words (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia). At times, this syndrome subsides spontaneously or undergoes a prolonged remission, but it may persist throughout life.
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Source: Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms, 2007
Tics:
Tics - risk factors
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
Infectious processes may trigger tic disorders.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
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