Table 17.2
Causes of central neuropathic pain by anatomical location

Spinal root/dorsal root ganglion

 

 Prolapsed disc

 

 Arachnoiditis

 

 Trigeminal neuralgia

 

 Surgical rhizotomy

Root avulsion

 

Tumour

 

Postherpetic neuralgia

Spinal cord

 

 Trauma including compression

 

 Syringomyelia

 

 Dysraphism

 

 Vascular: infarction, haemorrhage, arteriovenous malformation

 

 Anterolateral cordotomy

HIV

 

Multiple sclerosis

 

Vitamin B12 deficiency

 

by anatamical location

 

Syphilis

Brainstem

 

 Lateral medullary syndrome

 

 Syringobulbia

 

 Multiple sclerosis

 

 Tumours

 

 Tuberculoma

Thalamus

 

 Infarction

 

 Haemorrhage

 

 Tumours

 

 Surgical thalamotomy

Sub-cortical and cortical

 

 Infarction

 

 Arteriovenous malformation

Trauma

 

Tumour

Spinal root/dorsal root ganglion

 

 Prolapsed disc

 

 Arachnoiditis

 

 Trigeminal neuralgia

 

 Surgical rhizotomy

Root avulsion

 

Tumour

 

Postherpetic neuralgia

Spinal cord

 

 Trauma including compression

 

 Syringomyelia

 

 Dysraphism

 

 Vascular: infarction, haemorrhage, arteriovenous malformation

 

 Anterolateral cordotomy

HIV

 

Multiple sclerosis

 

Vitamin B12 deficiency

 

by anatamical location

 

Syphilis

Brainstem

 

 Lateral medullary syndrome

 

 Syringobulbia

 

 Multiple sclerosis

 

 Tumours

 

 Tuberculoma

Thalamus

 

 Infarction

 

 Haemorrhage

 

 Tumours

 

 Surgical thalamotomy

Sub-cortical and cortical

 

 Infarction

 

 Arteriovenous malformation

Trauma

 

Tumour

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