@article {Salto:2025:2637-8329:19,
title = "A Fascinating Case of Trigeminal Neuralgia with an Absent Meckel Cave in a Young Woman",
journal = "Neurographics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asnr/ng",
publishercode ="asnr",
year = "2025",
volume = "15",
number = "1",
publication date ="2025-01-01T00:00:00",
pages = "19-22",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2637-8329",
eissn = "2637-8329",
url = "https://asnr.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/asnr/ng/2025/00000015/00000001/art00003",
doi = "doi:10.3174/ng.2300061",
keyword = "ED = emergency department, TN = trigeminal neuralgia",
author = "Salto, B. and Peters, E. and AbuMoussa, S.",
abstract = "The absence of Meckels cave is an uncommon finding. All published instances note a correlation of ipsilateral symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia. In this report, we present the case of a 31-year-old woman with a history of right-sided trigeminal neuralgia found to have an absent
right Meckels cave. Our patient exhibited inconsistent responses to conventional pharmacological treatments for trigeminal neuralgia. In cases in which medication proves ineffective and there is the concurrent absence of Meckels cave, surgical interventions may warrant careful
consideration. Further elaboration is provided on the imaging findings, the spectrum of differential diagnosis, available treatment options, and an analysis of previously documented cases of absent Meckels cave.",
}