ArticleNMC case report journal2017
Nervus Intermedius Neuralgia Treated with Microvascular Decompression: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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- Case Report: A complex case of neuropathy and temporomandibular disorders manifesting as otalgia.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- The "Near"-Narrowed Internal Auditory Canal Syndrome in Adults: Clinical Aspects, Audio-Vestibular Findings, and Radiological Criteria for Diagnosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Nervus intermedius: Microsurgical and anatomic relationships to the cerebellopontine angle neurovascular complex.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Intermediate nerve neuralgia developed during hemifacial spasm follow-up: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- Endoscopy during neurotomy of the nervus intermedius for nervus intermedius neuralgia: a case report.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Case Report: Direct Visualization of the Nervus Intermedius During the Microvascular Decompression Procedure: Should We Take It Seriously?Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Nervus intermedius neuralgia is one of the craniofacial neuralgias, which is extremely rare compared with trigeminal or glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Despite its unique symptom, the aetiology remains unclear. We present a case of a surgically treated 36-year-old woman who suffered from paroxysmal stabbing deep-ear pain for over 10 years. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a vascular loop compressing the root entry zone of the vestibulocochlear nerve between the seventh and eighth cranial nerves, suggesting nervus intermedius neuralgia as a cause of her pain. Surgical exploration revealed that the nervus intermedius was displaced upward by the anterior inferior cerebellar artery. Transposition of the artery from the brainstem relieved the patient's neurological symptom immediately after the surgery, supporting the hypothesis that nervus intermedius neuralgia could be caused by neurovascular compression.
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