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9 sty 2022 · Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder characterized by recurrent unilateral brief electric shock-like pains, abrupt in onset and termination, limited to the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve.
25 wrz 2024 · The trigeminal nerve is the fifth (CN V) cranial nerve and its primary role is relaying sensory information from the face and head, although it does provide motor control to the muscles of mastication via the mandibular division (TA: nervus trigeminus or nervus cranialis V).
22 lut 2016 · The purpose of this article is to review trigeminal nerve anatomy and to provide strategies for radiologists to recognize important MRI findings in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating disorder that presents with a sudden onset of severe, unilateral, paroxysmal, and lancinating pain in one or more of ...
5 sie 2024 · Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, corresponds to a clinical manifestation of sudden severe paroxysms of excruciating pain on one side of the face which usually lasts a few seconds to a few minutes, involving one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V).
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Coronal T1-weighted spin-echo MR image shows bilateral asymmetric thickening and enhancement of trigeminal (solid straight arrow) and occulomotor (curved arrow) nerves and hypothalamus (open straight arrow). Lateral ventricles are dilated.
12 mar 2012 · In select cases, contrast medium administration, heavily T2-weighted sequences, or MR angiography may prove to be diagnostic. This review aims to review the anatomy of the trigeminal nerve briefly, followed by illustrations of various lesions that may present with trigeminal nerve dysfunction.
