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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Causes

Common Causes

• Acoustic Neuroma
• Blood vessels compressing the trigeminal nerve root
• Brain Tumor
• Chronic meningeal infection
• Cluster headache
• Dental Infection
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Idiopathic
• Ischemic cerebrovascular disorders
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Physical damage to the nerve
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Temporomadibular Joint Syndrome
• Vascular malformation

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Abnormal vessels, Arterial compression, Arteriovenous malformation, Ischemic cerebrovascular disorders, Stroke, Vascular anomalies, Vascular compression, Vascular malformation
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Epidermoid, Scleroderma
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	Glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Oral surgery, Sinus surgery, Temporomadibular joint syndrome
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Aneurysms, Blood vessels compressing the trigeminal nerve root, Saccular aneurysm
Iatrogenic	Sinus surgery
Infectious Disease	Chronic meningeal inflammation, Chronic meningeal infection, Dental infection, Lyme disease, Postherpetic neuralgia
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	Facial spasm, Temporomadibular joint syndrome
Neurologic	Acoustic neuroma, Blood vessels compressing the trigeminal nerve root, Brain tumor, Chronic meningeal inflammation, Chronic meningeal infection, Cluster headache, Epidermoid, Facial spasm, Glossopharyngeal neuralgia, Ischemic cerebrovascular disorders, Meningioma, Multiple sclerosis, Pain syndrome, Physical damage to the nerve, Postherpetic neuralgia, Saccular aneurysm, Vascular anomalies, Vascular compression, Vestibular schwannoma
Nutritional/Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Brain tumor, Meningioma, Tumors, Vestibular schwannoma
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Sarcoidosis
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Sarcoidosis, Systemic lupus erythematosus
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Facial trauma, Physical damage to the nerve
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Aging, Idiopathic

Causes in Alphabetical Order

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