Trigeminal neuralgia caused by dual compressive pathology of developmental venous anomaly and small enhancing lesion

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating chronic pain disorder characterized by hemifacial lancinating pain originating from the trigeminal nerve. TN is the most common disorder in the broad category of neurovascular compression syndromes (NVCS). A developmental venous anomaly (DVA) causing sympt...

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Main Authors: Ravi S. Nunna, MD, Miral Jhaveri, MD, Richard W. Byrne, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751916301116