Abstract
In a patient with vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia secondary to an intracranial tumor, accompanied by vasodepressor syncope a short course of intrathecal antimitotic therapy relieved the symptoms altogether without need either for drugs routinely effective against neuralgia or for intracranial resection of the glossopharyngeal nerve and the superior roots of the vagus.
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Viene descritto un caso di nevralgia del vagoglossofaringeo “secondaria” a neoplasia intracranica, accompagnata da sincope vasodepressoria, in cui un breve ciclo di terapia antiblastica per via endorachide ha risolto l'intera sintomatologia, senza l'ausilio né dei farmaci comunemente efficaci nelle nevralgie né di intervento chirurgico di resezione intracranica delle radici del glossofaringeo e di quelle superiori del vago.
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Sozzi, G., Marotta, P. & Piatti, L. Vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia with syncope in the course of carcinomatous meningitis. Ital J Neuro Sci 8, 271–275 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02337486
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