• World Neurosurg · Aug 2017

    Combined Hyperactive Dysfunction Syndrome of the Cranial Nerves: A retrospective systematic study of clinical characteristics in 44 patients.

    • Jingwei Cao, Jie Jiao, Zhenhui Du, Wenzhe Xu, Bin Sun, Feng Li, and Yuguang Liu.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital and Brain Science Research Institute of Shandong University, Shandong, People's Republic of China; Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
    • World Neurosurg. 2017 Aug 1; 104: 390-397.

    BackgroundCombined hyperactive dysfunction syndrome (HDS) is defined as the combination symptoms arising from overactivity in cranial nerves, specifically, trigeminal neuralgia (TN), hemifacial spasm (HFS), and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN), without an obvious explanatory structural lesion. This study retrospectively analyzes the clinical characteristics of combined HDS treated with microvascular decompression (MVD) in a single institution.MethodsA total of 1450 patients with HDS were treated with MVD in our department during a 10-year period, among which 44 cases of combined HDS were identified. Clinical records and follow-ups were reviewed.ResultsCombined HDS comprised 3.03% (44/1450) of all HDS in our series, with female predominance compared with single HDS (P = 0.002), including combined TN-HFS (14 cases), combined TN-GPN (26 cases), bilateral TN (2 cases), and combined TN-HFS-GPN (2 cases). The average age at diagnosis of patients with combined HDS (60.9 years) was significantly older than that of patients with single HDS (53.5 years) (P = 0.035). Hypertension was closely associated with the prevalence of combined HDS compared with single HDS (P = 0.009). The curative rate was 97.7% (43/44) after MVD, and the recurrence rate was 3.33%. The incidence rates of postoperative cardiac, pulmonary, thromboembolic, and delirium complications were higher in combined HDS than in single HDS (P < 0.05).ConclusionsCombined HDS is a rarely occurring syndrome usually observed in older females, and the most common types are combined TN-GPN and combined TN-HFS. Age and gender seemed to be causes for developing combined HDS, and MVD shows potential as a favorable treatment choice.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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