obsolete glossopharyngeal neuralgia 2025-06-18T17:56:55Z true PMID:32103673 OBSOLETE. A disorder characterized by unilateral brief stabbing pain, abrupt in onset and termination, in the distributions not only of the glossopharyngeal nerve but also of the auricular and pharyngeal branches of the vagus nerve. Pain is experienced in the ear, base of the tongue, tonsillar fossa and/or beneath the angle of the jaw. It is commonly provoked by swallowing, talking or coughing and may remit and relapse in the fashion of Trigeminal neuralgia. glossopharyngeal neuralgia obsolete class term imported Ava E. Cunningham