Differential Diagnoses: Trigeminal Neuropathy
Differential Diagnoses for Trigeminal Neuropathy using the VITAMINS ABCDEG mnemonic
Vascular
Stroke: Wallenberg Syndrome (Lateral Tegmentum of Medulla)
Infectious
Herpes Zoster (most common)
Trauma/Toxin
Autoimmune/Allergic
Sjogren’s Disease
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Iatrogenic/Idiopathic
Trigeminal Motor Neuropathy
Neoplastic/nutritional
Meningioma (from compression)
Vestibular Schwannomas (from compression)
Cholesteatomas (from compression)
Chordomas (from compression)
Metastatic Disease (from infiltration)
Squamous cell carcinoma (Perineural infiltration)
Paraneoplastic neuropathy or ganglionopathy
Anatomic/Structural
Cavernous Sinus Syndrome
Foix Syndrome (Sphenoidal Fissure)
Gradenigo-Lannois (Apex of the petrous temporal bone)
Jaccoud (retrosphenoidal space fossa)
Orbital Apex Syndrome
Pontocerebellar angle tumor
Superior Orbital Fissure Syndrome
Congenital
Congenital trigeminal neuropathy