A Trigeminal Neuropathy From an Inactive Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Breast, lung, prostate, thyroid, and kidney carcinomas are the primary tumors that are known to have bony metastasis. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) frequently involves the lung and lymph nodes and less commonly the osseous system. Numbness/persistent pain in the distribution of the trigeminal nerve is more likely a neuropathy. The causes are idiopathic(common), unintentional injury to the trigeminal nerve during surgery or trauma, blood vessel pressing the trigeminal nerve, tumor infiltration, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. Unresolved facial pains after conventional treatment should prompt additional investigation to rule out other causes. In this case, we report a trigeminal neuropathy of rare cause, which is a solitary metastasis from an inactive HCC involving the osseous structures.