Atypical trigeminal neuralgia

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Atypical trigeminal neuralgia" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia
Other names	Type 2 trigeminal neuralgia
Detailed view of trigeminal nerve, shown in yellow.
Specialty	Neurology

Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN), or type 2 trigeminal neuralgia, is a form of trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve. This form of nerve pain is difficult to diagnose, as it is rare and the symptoms overlap with several other disorders.^[1] The symptoms can occur in addition to having migraine headache, or can be mistaken for migraine alone, or dental problems such as temporomandibular joint disorder or musculoskeletal issues. ATN can have a wide range of symptoms and the pain can fluctuate in intensity from mild aching to a crushing or burning sensation, and also to the extreme pain experienced with the more common trigeminal neuralgia.