Hemangioma of the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve in the Meckel cave presenting with facial pain and sixth nerve palsy

J Neuroophthalmol. 2000 Mar;20(1):14-6. doi: 10.1097/00041327-200020010-00005.

Abstract

In a 25-year-old woman with episodic periorbital-temporal pain who eventually developed a sixth nerve palsy, magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion predominantly in the Meckel cave that was found to be a capillary hemangioma arising from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. Hemangiomas of the Meckel cave must be considered in cases of facial pain with a sixth nerve palsy. even if there are no clinical findings of trigeminal neuropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / surgery
  • Dura Mater
  • Facial Pain / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma, Capillary / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mandibular Nerve / pathology*
  • Mandibular Nerve / surgery
  • Trigeminal Ganglion / pathology*
  • Trigeminal Ganglion / surgery
  • Trigeminal Nerve