Imaging of neurovascular compression syndromes: trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, vestibular paroxysmia, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia

S Haller, L Etienne, E Kövari… - American Journal …, 2016 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Neurovascular compression syndromes are usually caused by arteries that directly contact
the cisternal portion of a cranial nerve. Not all cases of neurovascular contact are clinically …

Trigeminal neuralgia

JM Zakrzewska, ME Linskey - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare, episodic facial pain that is unilateral, electric shock-like, and
provoked by light touch. At first, it is often mistaken as a tooth problem owing to its …

Advances in diagnosis and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

N Montano, G Conforti, R Di Bonaventura… - … and clinical risk …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Various drugs and surgical procedures have been utilized for the treatment of trigeminal
neuralgia (TN). Despite numerous available approaches, the results are not completely …

Trigeminal neuralgia

Y Yadav, Y Nishtha, P Sonjjay, P Vijay… - Asian journal of …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a sudden, severe, brief, stabbing, and recurrent pain within one
or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. Type 1 as intermittent and Type 2 as constant pain …

Prospective comparison of long-term pain relief rates after first-time microvascular decompression and stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia

DD Wang, KP Raygor, TA Cage, MM Ward… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Common surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) include
microvascular decompression (MVD), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and radiofrequency …

Microstructural alterations in trigeminal neuralgia determined by diffusion tensor imaging are independent of symptom duration, severity, and type of neurovascular …

J Lutz, N Thon, R Stahl, N Lummel, JC Tonn… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECT In this prospective study diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to evaluate the
influence of clinical and anatomical parameters on structural alterations within the fifth …

Trigeminal neuralgia without neurovascular compression presents earlier than trigeminal neuralgia with neurovascular compression

AL Ko, A Lee, AM Raslan, A Ozpinar… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) occurs and recurs in the absence of neurovascular
compression (NVC). To characterize what may be distinct patient populations, the authors …

Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of inflammation in trigeminal neuralgia patients operated with microvascular decompression

H Ericson, SA Hamdeh, E Freyhult, F Stiger, E Bäckryd… - Pain, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Compression of the trigeminal root entry zone by a blood vessel can cause trigeminal
neuralgia (TN). However, a neurovascular conflict does not explain all cases of TN, and TN …

Comparison of first-time microvascular decompression with percutaneous surgery for trigeminal neuralgia: long-term outcomes and prognostic factors

I Noorani, A Lodge, A Durnford, G Vajramani… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Common surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) include microvascular
decompression (MVD) and percutaneous procedures (glycerol rhizolysis; …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomical assessment of trigeminal nerve tractography using diffusion MRI: a comparison of acquisition b-values and single-and multi-fiber tracking …

G Xie, F Zhang, L Leung, MA Mooney, L Epprecht… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The trigeminal nerve (TGN) is the largest cranial nerve and can be involved in
multiple inflammatory, compressive, ischemic or other pathologies. Currently, imaging …