Search results for "Trigeminal Nerve Diseases"

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Labial dystonia after facial and trigeminal neuropathy controlled with a maxillary splint.

2007

A 27-year-old woman with bruxism suffered a spider bite (Loxosceles rufescens) on the left cheek that caused severe local cellulitis, facial palsy, and painful hyperesthesia over the two lower trigeminal nerve divisions. Facial but not trigeminal neuropathy improved, and she developed a labial dystonia that only corrected while pressing the right medial incisor. A specially designed maxillary splint that continuously pressed it suppressed both dystonia and related spontaneous firing of motor unit potentials in electromyography. Overstimulation of the contralateral trigeminal territory possibly compensated for the altered left trigeminal nerve input, balanced proprioceptive influences at the…

AdultLabial FrenumPalatal Expansion Techniquemedicine.medical_treatmentElectromyographyNeurological disordermedicineMaxillaHumansTrigeminal nerveDystoniaPalsyProprioceptionmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryHyperesthesiaAnatomymedicine.diseasestomatognathic diseasesDystoniaNeurologyTrigeminal Nerve DiseasesFemaleNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptomFacial Nerve DiseasesSplint (medicine)businessMovement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
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Acyclovir treatment in 2 patients with benign trigeminal sensory neuropathy

2001

AdultMaleHerpesvirus 3 Humanmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentAcyclovirAdministration OralNeurological disorderAntibodies ViralAntiviral AgentsHypesthesiamedicineHumansSimplexvirusAciclovirTrigeminal nerveChemotherapybusiness.industryAcyclic nucleosideHypoesthesiamedicine.diseaseDermatologySurgeryPeripheral neuropathyOtorhinolaryngologyTrigeminal Nerve DiseasesImmunoglobulin GSensory neuropathyFemaleSurgeryOral Surgerymedicine.symptombusinessFollow-Up Studiesmedicine.drugJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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