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- Title
Persistent Trigeminal Artery Causing “Double” Neurovascular Conflict.
- Authors
Clerici, Angelo Maurizio; Merlo, Paola; Rognone, Felice; Noce, Monica; Rognone, Elisa; Bono, Giorgio
- Abstract
We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who presented with right VI nerve palsy and homolateral atypical trigeminal neuralgia; standard neuroradiological investigation of orbital/retroorbital regions and intracranial arteries excluded the most commonly demonstrable underlying causes while brain magnetic resonance (T1-weighted fat suppression; T2-weighted thin-section) and magnetic resonance angiography disclosed the evidence of “double” neurovascular conflict because of persistent trigeminal artery with aneurysmal dilation. A role of this almost rare vascular condition in causing painful ophthalmoplegia is discussed.
- Subjects
COMORBIDITY; TRIGEMINAL neuralgia; CEREBRAL arteries; ARTERIES; NEUROVASCULAR diseases; PARALYSIS
- Publication
Headache: The Journal of Head & Face Pain, 2009, Vol 49, Issue 3, p472
- ISSN
0017-8748
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01258.x