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 |
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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 |