Brainstem compression from a trigeminal schwannoma presenting with pathological crying

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• 作者：Ivan Paul Bhaskar ; Ari George Chacko ; Roy Thomas Daniel
• 关键词：Pathological crying ; Brainstem compression ; Trigeminal schwannoma
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：March 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：15
• 期：3
• 页码：322-324
• 全文大小：520 K

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Patients with pathological laughter and crying have episodes of uncontrollable laughter, crying or both. Pathological laughter is a well-described entity secondary to various conditions such as multiple sclerosis, pseudo-bulbar palsy, cerebello-pontine angle tumours, clival chordomas and brainstem gliomas. Pathological crying is rare and there have been no previous reports of brainstem compression causing this entity. We report a patient who presented with pathological crying caused by a trigeminal schwannoma with a tumor-associated cyst indenting the pons. This case report confirms the involvement of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathways in the pathogenesis of pathological crying.