Marks P V, Purchas S H
Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.
Aust N Z J Surg. 1992 Aug;62(8):660-1.
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare condition that, on occasions, may be associated with cardiac dysrhythmia. This case report describes the case of an 86-year-old woman whose glossopharyngeal neuralgia was complicated by life-threatening dysrhythmias and who was cured by posterior fossa rhizotomy.