Sphenopalatine neuralgia

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Sphenopalatine neuralgia. This usually affects females aged 30-50 years. It is a unilateral moderately severe pain. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Clinical features

  • This usually affects females aged 30-50 years
  • It is a unilateral moderately severe pain
  • It starts around the eye or lateral nose
  • It lasts hours to days
  • There are associated cranial autonomic features

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Differential diagnosis

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Radiation targets

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Treatment

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References

  1. Oomen KPQ, van Wijck AJM, Hordijk GJ, de Ru JA. Sluder's neuralgia: a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia? Cephalalgia 2010; 30:360-364.
  2. Puig CM, Driscoll CLW, Kern EB. Sluder’s sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia treatment with 88 % phenol. Am J Rhinol 1998; 12:113-118.
  3. He W, Zhang Y, Long T, Pan Q, Zhang S, Zhou J. Sphenopalatine neuralgia: an independent neuralgia entity. Pooled analysis of a case series and literature review. Headache 2019; 59:358-370.
  4. Olszewska-Ziaber A, Ziaber J, Rysz J. Atypical facial pains - sluder's neuralgia - local treatment of the sphenopalatine ganglion with phenol - case report. Otolaryngol Pol 2007; 61:319-321.

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