Abstract
The annual crude incidence rate of glossopharyngeal neuralgia per 100,000 population in Rochester, Minn., for 1945 through 1984, was 0.7 for both sexes combined, suggesting that glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare disease. There were no significant differences between the sexes (p > 0.10) in the overall age-adjusted (to the total 1980 US population) rates: 1.1 for men and 0.5 for women. Overall age-specific crude rates increased slightly with age. Our results and conclusions, achieved by comparing our data with a large referral study at Mayo Clinic, suggest that glossopharyngeal neuralgia is generally a mild disease, since mild attacks are not uncommon, the average annual recurrence rate for a second episode is low (3.6%), and only one fourth of the cases had to have surgery for relief of symptoms. Bilaterality is not uncommon; it was observed in one fourth of the patients, all of whom had mild disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 266-275 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Neuroepidemiology |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- Incidence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Clinical Neurology