The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX cranial nerve pair): anatomical considerations and neuralgia: literature review

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Lucca Junior, Márcio Alberto de; Ferreira-Pileggi, Beatriz Carmona; Freire, Alexandre Rodrigues; Prado, Felippe Bevilacqua; Rossi, Ana Cláudia.

Rev. Odontol. Araçatuba (Impr.) ; 44(2): 9-12, maio-ago. 2023.

Article En | LILACS, BBO | ID: biblio-1427966

The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX cranial nerve) is a mixed nerve, with both motor and sensory function. This relates to the tongue and pharynx. Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare nervous neuropathy, with poristic, lancinating and paritary crises, usually unilateral. The aim of the study was to review the literature on glossopharyngeal neuralgia of the nerve (IX cranial nerve), highlighting the anatomical aspects of this nerve and the possible causes and complications of neuralgia as well as forms of treatment. A literature review was carried out in the international Pubmed database. The literature review included 72 articles from 2015 to 2021. The keywords used were "anatomy of glossopharyngeal neuralgia". Of the 72 articles, 7 were used for this literature review. Uncommon as nervous/glossophingeal etiologies and pathologies are neurological abnormalities/neurovarises and pathologies are neurovascular/neurovariseal lesions. Pharmacological treatment approaches mentioned in the literature were therapy with antiepileptics and antidepressants such as carbamazepine and gabapentin; a microvascular decompression; and gamma knife radiosurgery(AU)

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