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ReviewNeurologia medico-chirurgica2015

Trigeminal neuralgia in a patient with Marfan syndrome: case report.

Kazuki Sakakura, Hiroyoshi Akutsu, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Yosuke Masuda, Eiichi Ishikawa, Akira Matsumura

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Review in Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuki SakakuraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba.
Hiroyoshi Akutsu
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Yosuke Masuda
Eiichi Ishikawa
Akira Matsumura
University of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marfan syndrome can demonstrate tortuous and elongated intracranial arteries. However, these arteries rarely cause neurovascular compression resulting in hemifacial spasm or trigeminal neuralgia. The authors report a 33-year-old woman who was diagnosed as Marfan syndrome, suffered from trigeminal neuralgia. Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography showed tortuous and elongated left vertebral artery (VA). The coronal section of three dimensional (3D) MR cisternography with contrast enhancement showed that the left trigeminal nerve was compressed from underneath by the tortuous and elongated left VA. After successful surgery of microvascular decompression, the patient's symptom resolved and no recurrence was encountered. Neurosurgeons should not only be aware of hemifacial spasm but also of trigeminal neuralgia caused by elongated vessels in a patient with Marfan syndrome, although it is an extremely rare condition. In addition, offending vessel is not atherosclerotic in younger patients unlike usual cases of trigeminal neuralgia. Thus, microvascular decompression can be easier than usual cases. Care should be taken to prevent arterial dissection during transposition by using some technical tips.

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AdultFemaleHumansMarfan SyndromeTrigeminal Neuralgia

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PMID24390183
PMCPMC4533392
OpenAlexW1986794517

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