Trotter's syndrome explained

Trotter's syndrome is a cluster of symptoms associated with certain types of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The cause of pain is the mandibular nerve of the foramen ovale, through which the tumor enters the calvarium.^[1] Symptoms include the following:^[2]

1. Unilateral conductive deafness due to middle ear effusion
2. Trigeminal neuralgia due to perineural spread
3. Soft palate immobility
4. Difficulty opening mouth

External links

• Reiter S, Gavish A, Winocur E, Emodi-Perlman A, Eli I . Nasopharyngeal carcinoma mimicking a temporomandibular disorder: a case report . J Orofac Pain . 20 . 1 . 74–81 . 2006 . 16483023 .
• Van Hassel HJ, Topping JW . Trotter's syndrome. A review . Oral Surg. Oral Med. Oral Pathol. . 44 . 1 . 125–7 . July 1977 . 267870 . 10.1016/0030-4220(77)90253-5 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Rajendran. Arya. Sivapathasundharam. B.. Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology. 2014. Elsevier Health Sciences. 9788131238004. 854. en.
2. Book: Lucente. Frank E.. Har-El. Gady. Essentials of Otolaryngology. limited. 2004. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 9780781747073. 156. en.