Lesional insular epilepsy mimicking treatment refractory trigeminal neuralgia effectively treated with epilepsy surgery: A case report

P Jayasena, Demuni; A S K Karunanayaka, Karunanayaka; Gunasekara, Sudath; L S Pathberiya, Pathberiyage; Garusinghe, Sanjeewa; Chandrakumara, Amila; Senanayake, Sunethra; K Gooneratne, Inuka

doi:10.1177/25158163251342806

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Lesional insular epilepsy mimicking treatment refractory trigeminal neuralgia effectively treated with epilepsy surgery: A case report

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Demuni P Jayasena

Karunanayaka A S K Karunanayaka

Sudath Gunasekara

Abstract

Background Ictal epileptic headache is a very rare form of painful seizure that closely mimics several classic headache syndromes, including trigeminal neuralgia. Case Here, we present a woman who was treated as for treatment-refractory unilateral trigeminal neuralgia over 10 years, which was later ...

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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry

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Therapeutics. Pharmacology

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