Raeder’s paratrigeminal syndrome
Evidence-based neurology checklist on raeder’s paratrigeminal syndrome: Pathology This is a syndrome of oculosympathetic impairment It is caused by middle cranial fossa lesions The lesions are medial to the trigeminal ganglion Other cranial nerves may be involved Causes: Gasserian ganglion lesions…
Pathology
- This is a syndrome of oculosympathetic impairment
- It is caused by middle cranial fossa lesions
- The lesions are medial to the trigeminal ganglion
- Other cranial nerves may be involved
Causes: Gasserian ganglion lesions
Causes: Carotid lesions
Causes: other lesions
Clinical features
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Synonym
References
- Goadsby PJ. Raeder’s syndrome: paratrigeminal paralysis of the oculopupillary sympathetic system. JNNP 2002; 72:297-299.
- Murphy MA, Szabados EM, Mitty JA. Lyme disease associated with postganglionic Horner syndrome and Raeder paratrigeminal neuralgia. J Neuroophthalmol 2007; 27:123-124.
- Nagel MA, Bert RJ, Gilden D. Raeder’s syndrome produced by extension of chronic inflammation to the internal carotid artery. Neurology 2012; 79:1296-1297.
