Intrinsic arteriovenous malformation embedded in the trigeminal nerve of a patient with trigeminal neuralgia

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 639-641

  Sumioka, Shinya ^a   Kondo, Akinori ^a   Tanabe, Hideki ^a   Yasuda, Soichiro ^a  

^a Shiroyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Microvascular decompression; Radiosurgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PONS ANGLE; SUBOCCIPITAL CRANIOTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 80053210074     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.639     Document Type: Article

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