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Geniculate ganglion: anatomic study with surgical implications.

Abstract
The geniculate ganglion and adjacent segments of the facial nerve were dissected in 11 human temporal bones to study the extent and distribution of ganglion cells. A histologic basis for the use of geniculate ganglionectomy as the treatment for geniculate neuralgia was sought. In 9 of 11 specimens (81.8%), the ganglion cell bodies appeared to be aggregated at the apex of the genu close to the origin of the greater superficial petrosal nerve. The mean ratio of the width of the ganglion cell cluster to the width of the facial nerve trunk at the level of the genu was 0.4. In two specimens, significant anatomic variation was present. One specimen showed extension of cell bodies into the labyrinthine segment of the facial nerve; another specimen showed a single ganglion cell in the region of the genu. These findings lead us to postulate that geniculate ganglionectomy may be ineffective as the sole treatment for certain cases of geniculate neuralgia, and that nervus intermedius section may also be required to achieve a more complete deafferentation.
AuthorsV Rupa, D J Weider, S Glasner, R L Saunders
JournalThe American journal of otology (Am J Otol) Vol. 13 Issue 5 Pg. 470-3 (Sep 1992) ISSN: 0192-9763 [Print] United States
PMID1443083 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Facial Nerve (anatomy & histology, surgery)
  • Facial Neuralgia (surgery)
  • Female
  • Geniculate Ganglion (anatomy & histology, surgery)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Temporal Bone (anatomy & histology, surgery)

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