title: MRA delineation of the vertebral-basilar system in patients with hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia.
abstract: Detailed depiction of the vertebral-basilar system is often obscured by other vascular structures on the MR angiogram. A special MR angiography technique that can better delineate the branches of the vertebral-basilar system has been designed and has proved particularly useful in the identification of tortuous vascular branches when they come in contact with the seventh or fifth cranial nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D005152:Facial Muscles; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*