| Autor: |
Kraemer JL; Hospital São José, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. jkraemer@doctor.com, Pereira Filho Ade A, David Gd, Faria Mde B |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2006 Mar; Vol. 64 (1), pp. 128-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Apr 05. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0004-282x2006000100027 |
| Abstrakt: |
Our purpose is to report a case of trigeminal neuralgia caused by vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia treated with microvascular decompression. A 63-year-old man sought treatment for a recurrent lancinating left facial pain in V2 and V3 trigeminal territories. The computed tomography angiography revealed a mechanical compression of the left trigeminal nerve due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia. The patient was submitted to a left suboccipital craniotomy. Shredded Teflon was introduced in the conflicting neurovascular area, achieving a satisfactory decompression. The patients pain resolved immediately. Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia is a rare cause of trigeminal neuralgia and a successful outcome can be achieved with microvascular decompression. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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