Congenital absence of the internal carotid artery diagnosed during investigation of trigeminal neuralgia

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2339-2342

  Uchino, A ^a   Sawada, A ^a   Hirakawa, N ^a   Totoki, T ^a   Kudo, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absence of internal carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Tortuous basilar artery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0036729645     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1262-5     Document Type: Article

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