Historical Review
Symptoms of Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Treatment of Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Alcohol injection contraindicated
Peripheral operations
Section of dorsal root—operation of choice
Exposure and Identification of the Nerve
Distribution and Function of the Nerve
Embryologic development
Nuclei of origin and termination
Motor and Sensory Effects of Section of the Nerve
Summary
True glossopharyngeal neuralgia is apparently an extremely rare disease. Weisenburg1 was the first to describe in detail the irritative symptoms of the glossopharyngeal nerve. In a patient having a tumor of the cerebellopontile angle, the ninth nerve and part of the tenth nerve were found stretched over the growth which compressed the fifth nerve. The symptoms referable to the compression of the fifth nerve were relieved by partial removal of the gasserian ganglion and by section of the dorsal root of the trigeminal nerve. Pain, however, persisted and was recognized by Weisenburg as being in the domain of the