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- Title
Mixed connective tissue disease: presenting as trigeminal neuralgia.
- Authors
Jeemon, Gladwin; Neha, T. H.
- Abstract
Connective tissue diseases (autoimmune rheumatic diseases) are a group of disorders of unknown etiology. The term mixed connective tissue (MCTD) is used when two or more autoimmune diseases occur in the same individual simultaneously, for example, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis in various combinations. Here, we report a case of MCTD presenting as trigeminal neuralgia.
- Subjects
MIXED connective tissue disease; TRIGEMINAL neuralgia; TRIGEMINAL neuralgia treatment; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022, Vol 34, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1110-7782
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s43162-022-00137-5