Case Report

Trigeminal Neuralgia due to Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia

Figure 1

Neurovascular conflict: (a) (axial) and (b) (coronal) MRI reconstruction from a 3D-FSPGR study shows a dolichoectatic basilar artery (arrow) crossing and displacing upper pons (P) with compression of the right trigeminal nerve at the root entry zone.
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