Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Sclerosteosis is a rare bone disorder characterized by a progressive craniotubular hyperostosis. The diagnosis of sclerosteosis is based on characteristic clinical and radiographic features and a family history consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. The skull overgrowth may lead to lethal elevation of intracranial pressure, distortion of the face, and entrapment of cranial nerves, resulting in recurrent facial palsy or secondary trigeminal neuralgia. CASES DESCRIPTION: The authors reported cases of two siblings who were diagnosed with familial sclerosteosis and presented with secondary trigeminal neuralgia. The patients were 28 and 40-year-old and presented with pain in the right V2-V3 and V3 distributions, respectively. The facial pain was resistant to medications and was treated with percutaneous techniques. The foramen ovale puncture was complicated initially and the difficulty increased over the years due to stenosis of the foramen. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Emerson Magno de Andrade, André Beer-Furlan, Kleber Paiva Duarte, Erich Talamoni Fonoff, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira |
Journal | Surgical neurology international
(Surg Neurol Int)
Vol. 4
Issue Suppl 6
Pg. S455-9
( 2013)
ISSN: 2229-5097 [Print] United States |
PMID | 24349870
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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