Medicine:Trotter's syndrome
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Short description: Cluster of cancer-related symptoms
Trotter's syndrome is a cluster of symptoms associated with certain types of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The cause of pain is the mandibular nerve of the foramen ovale, through which the tumor enters the calvarium.[1] Symptoms include the following:[2]
- Unilateral conductive deafness due to middle ear effusion
- Trigeminal neuralgia due to perineural spread
- Soft palate immobility
- Difficulty opening mouth
References
- ↑ Rajendran, Arya; Sivapathasundharam, B. (2014) (in en). Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 854. ISBN 9788131238004.
- ↑ Lucente, Frank E.; Har-El, Gady (2004) (in en). Essentials of Otolaryngology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 156. ISBN 9780781747073. https://archive.org/details/essentialsotolar00luce.
External links
- "Nasopharyngeal carcinoma mimicking a temporomandibular disorder: a case report". J Orofac Pain 20 (1): 74–81. 2006. PMID 16483023.
- "Trotter's syndrome. A review". Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. 44 (1): 125–7. July 1977. doi:10.1016/0030-4220(77)90253-5. PMID 267870.
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