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Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Risk Majority of cases of GPN are idiopathic. Increased prevalence with extracranial neoplasms, trauma/infection/inflammation to tonsils, and pharynx, arachnoiditis. More common in pts older than 50 y and middle-aged females. Perioperative Risks Vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia occurs in 10% of pts with…