Trigeminal neuralgia associated with the specific bridging pattern of transverse pontine vein: Diagnostic value of three-dimensional multifusion volumetric imaging

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Oishi, Makoto ^a   Fukuda, Masafumi ^a   Noto, Yoshiyuki ^b   Kawaguchi, Tadashi ^c   Hiraishi, Tetsuya ^a   Fujii, Yukihiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional imaging; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular decompression; Transverse pontine vein; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIFUSION VOLUMETRIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PONS ANGLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 80955173500     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326778     Document Type: Article

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