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1502347

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
One of the possible causes of the so-called "essential" trigeminal neuralgia is a neurovascular compression of the fifth cranial nerve root at the pons. The demonstration of this hypothesis could orientate the surgical treatment to microvascular decompression. In order to evaluate the role of MRI in the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia due to neurovascular compression, the authors present the results of a prospective evaluation of the cranial MR studies of 18 neuralgic patients in comparison with a retrospective evaluation of the cranial MR studies of 50 healthy control subjects. The results show that neurovascular compression can be demonstrated in 83.3% of the neurological patients. In all cases a good correlation between the clinical symptoms, the side of positive MR findings and the surgical findings, when available, was demonstrated. On the other hand, neurovascular compression was demonstrated in 28% of the healthy control subjects. The authors conclude that neurovascular compression can be demonstrated in a high percentage of patients with the so-called "essential" trigeminal neuralgia. Compared with the other imaging modalities (angiography, Computed Tomography) MRI is the best technique in the diagnosis of this disease. In fact, MRI is not only able to differentiate the symptomatic from the essential type of neuralgia, but is also very sensitive in the identification of trigeminal neuralgia due to neurovascular compression. This diagnosis could direct the surgical treatment to microvascular decompression.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0033-8362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
700-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Magnetic resonance in trigeminal neuralgia].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Radiologia, Università, Trieste.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract