Trigeminal Neuralgia is known as Fothergill's Disease. It presents with sharp,lancinating electric shock paroxysmal facial pain in one or more distributions of the trigeminal nerve(cranial nerve V).Treatment options include medications (tegretol, dilantin, amitriptyline etc0, facial percutaneous trigeminal glycerol/balloon/radiofrequency treatments, radiosurgery and posterior fossa micovascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve(Jannetta's procedure). Investigatons such as CT & MR brain with trigeminal neurography are essential.Radiosurgery/Gamma or Cyber knife non-invasive options are being also utilised ,as an option to surgery, drugs or injection therapies.
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