Successful frameless radiosurgery for glossopharyngeal neuralgia - Case report

Evan Chua; Conrad T Pappas; Allan Y Chen

Successful frameless radiosurgery for glossopharyngeal neuralgia - Case report

J Radiosurg SBRT. 2020;7(1):85-87.

Authors

Evan Chua¹, Conrad T Pappas², Allan Y Chen^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Sacramento Medical Center, The Permanente Medical Group, Sacramento, CA 95825, USA.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Roseville Medical Center, The Permanente Medical Group, Roseville, CA 95678, USA.

PMID: 32802583
PMCID: PMC7406337

Abstract

Idiopathic glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is a rare disorder of the ninth cranial nerve characterized by severe paroxysmal pain affecting the ear, tongue and throat. Frame-based radiosurgery (SRS) has been shown to be an effective option. We report the first successful pain alleviation by frameless SRS in a GPN patient that failed both medical and surgical interventions.

Keywords: Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; Radiosurgery; frameless image-guided radiosurgery.