Katusic S, Williams D B, Beard C M, Bergstralh E, Kurland L T
Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Neuroepidemiology. 1991;10(5-6):266-75. doi: 10.1159/000110283.
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 greater than 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.
1945年至1984年期间，美国明尼苏达州罗切斯特市每10万人口中舌咽神经痛的年粗发病率，男女合计为0.7，这表明舌咽神经痛是一种罕见疾病。在总体年龄调整后（以1980年美国总人口为标准）的发病率方面，男女之间没有显著差异（p大于0.10）：男性为1.1，女性为0.5。总体特定年龄的粗发病率随年龄略有增加。通过将我们的数据与梅奥诊所的一项大型转诊研究进行比较得出的结果和结论表明，舌咽神经痛通常是一种轻度疾病，因为轻度发作并不罕见，第二次发作的年均复发率较低（3.6%），并且只有四分之一的病例需要手术来缓解症状。双侧发病并不罕见；在四分之一的患者中观察到双侧发病，所有这些患者都患有轻度疾病。
