Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by the Vertebral Artery Associated with Primitive Trigeminal Artery and Agenesis of the Internal Carotid Artery: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 367-370

  Fukuda, Masafumi ^a   Kameyama, Shigeki ^b   Takahashi, Hideaki ^b   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^b  

^a NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

agenesis of internal carotid artery; microvascular decompression; primitive trigeminal artery; trigeminal neuralgia; vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGENESIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031837126     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.367     Document Type: Article

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