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How do you manage patients with glossopharyngeal neuralgia?

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Neurology · Barrow Neurological Institute

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia can be managed similar to trigeminal neuralgia (TN). It presents with pain like TN but located in the glossopharyngeal distribution (posterior part of the tongue, tonsillar fossa, pharynx, or angle of the lower jaw and/or in the ear). Note that neuralgia of the superior la...

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