Venous angioma adjacent to the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve: Implications for management of trigeminal neuralgia

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-346

  Peterson, A M ^a   Williams, R L ^a   Fukui, M B ^a   Meltzer, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Trigeminal neuralgia; Venous angioma

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VENOUS ANGIOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 0036956030     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-001-0724-4     Document Type: Article

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