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Acta neurochirurgica · Aug 2009
Case ReportsAtypic geniculate neuralgia: atypic anatomic correlation of cranial nerve roots and AICA.
- Füsun Demirçivi Ozer, Yusuf Kurtuluş Duransoy, and Mahmut Camlar.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Training and Research Hospital, Arikent Sitesi C-7 Blok D:9 Narlidere, 35360 Izmir, Turkey.
- Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2009 Aug 1;151(8):1003-4; discussion 1004.
AbstractGeniculate neuralgia is a rare cause of craniofacial pains. The anterior inferior cerebellar artery is the offending vessel which compress nervus intermedius in the patients with typical geniculate neuralgia. We report a patient whose pain was atypical for either geniculate neuralgia and trigeminal neuralgia. At operation the anterior inferior cerebellar artery was coursing with the nerves and was separated. After the decompression the pain resolved immediately.
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