TRIGEMINAL TROPHIC SYNDROME – DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND PROGNOSIS

Abstract

Summary. Trigeminal trophic syndrome is a rare clinical entity, which appears in cases where patients have a central or peripheral lesion of the fifth cranial nerve. Although the symptoms are visibly clear, the diagnosis is not easy to establish. There have been about 100 cases reported in Anglosaxon literature up to now. In Croatia, according to our findings, there are only 4 recognized cases of diagnosed trigeminal trophyc syndrome. The aim of this paper is to make an easier diagnosis and to give treatment guidelines for this, for a patient very unpleasent syndrome.