What is it about?
Limited research has suggested that trigeminal neuralgia (TN), an often-idiopathic pain disorder affecting the face and head, may arise from compression of the cervical spinal cord due to involvement of the spinal trigeminal tract.
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Why is it important?
Adults with TN had more than 12 times greater odds of concurrent DCM compared to those without TN. These findings suggest that DCM may be a risk factor for TN, yet causality should be further examined using case–control or cohort designs.
Perspectives
We hypothesized that adults with TN would have a greater likelihood of concurrent degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) compared to matched adults without TN.
Dr Eric Chun-Pu Chu
New York Medical Group
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This page is a summary of: Association between trigeminal neuralgia and degenerative cervical myelopathy: A cross‐sectional study using US data, Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, November 2023, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.12787.
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