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. 2019 Dec 12;87(5):E573–E577. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz546

TABLE.

Previously Published Descriptions of Patients With Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia and Additional Symptoms Compatible With HeLPS

No. Year Country (language) Gender, age number in series GN Additional symptoms Treatment and outcome Reference
1 1926 England (English) N/A Yes Coughing No surgical treatment Harris6
2 1948 Germany (German) F, 70 yr Left Coughing Section of IX GN and coughing resolved Okonek7
3 1952 United States (English) F, 48 yr Left Coughing Minimal pain relief after cutting IX Later, complete pain relief after cutting upper two rootlets of X. No mention of coughing outcome. Stowell8
4 1958 England (English) M, 26 yr Right Coughing (Tingling and taste disturbance) No surgical treatment Laskiewicz9
5 1960 Germany (German) M, 41 yr Right Coughing (Taste disturbance) Medical treatment symptoms improved Jankoff10
6 1960 Germany (German) M, 70 yr Yes Coughing (Tearing) Section of IX pain relief but no mention of coughing outcome Usbeck11
7 1962 Sweden (English) 2/18 Both left (1) Coughing and hoarseness (2) Coughing and throat irritation (1) No details of surgery (2) Pain remained after section of IX; resolution after cutting upper X Bohm12
8 1965 England (English) F, 65 yr Left Coughing “Tympanic neurectomy” Pain relief but no mention about cough outcome Kersley13
9 1974 Argentina (Spanish) N/A Yes Coughing Medical treatment Resolution of pain and cough Borello14
10 1981 United States (English) 21/217 all Coughing (18) Stridor (1) Hoarseness (2) (Syncope (4)) Surgery for 129 of the 217 patients but no outcome reported for the patients with HeLPS Rushton15
11 1983 United States (English) M, 65 y Left Tightness in throat with stridor (Mild syncope) Section of IX and 3 rootlets of X Relieve of “all” symptoms but no specific mention about stridor Marshall16
12 1990 Russia (Russian) N/A Yes Coughing Unclear (MVD?) Outcome not stated Puzin17
13 1998 France (English) F, 60 y 1/2 Left Coughing MVD of IX Relieve of pain but no mention about cough Boch18
14 2010 England (English) 2/21 Yes 1) Coughing with syncope 2) Coughing and TN 1) MVD (IX and X) 2) MVD V, IX and X Outcomes unclear Kandan19
15 2010 United States (English) F, 47 y Left Choking Gamma knife of IX No mention of choking outcome Williams20
16 2011 Spain (English) 1/14 Yes Aphonia MVD or rhizotomy No mention of outcome Martinéz-Gonzalez3
17 2015 England (English) F, 37 y Left Coughing Rhizotomy IX and upper X, then MVD IX and X after recurrence No mention of coughing outcome Price21