Pain Mimicking Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke of the Brainstem.

Yuzhi ShiZhiyuan Feng Yi JuZaiqiang Zhang

Published in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2022)

Half of the instances of pain induced by medullary ischemic stroke occurred prior to the stroke onset. Pain mimicking TN might be a premonitory symptom of the medullary ischemic stroke. Pain mimicking TN induced by brainstem infarction has a good prognosis.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
neuropathic pain
pain management
acute ischemic stroke
atrial fibrillation
spinal cord