MRI of glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by neurovascular compression

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 578-581

  Hiwatashi, Akio ^a   Matsushima, Toshio ^b   Yoshiura, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Atsuo ^b   Noguchi, Tomoyuki ^a   Togao, Osamu ^a   Yamashita, Koji ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia; MRI; Neurovascular compression

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 49149084090     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3025     Document Type: Article

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