title: Arterial vascularization of the cranial nerves.
abstract: We discuss the arterial supply of the cranial nerves from their exit out of the brain stem to their exit from the skull base. Four distinct groups can be differentiated from an embryologic and phylogenetic standpoint. Understanding the arterial supply to the cranial nerves and the potential anastomoses is paramount in the endovascular treatment of dural AV shunts and highly vascularized tumors of the skull base to avoid neurologic deficits.
authors.affiliation: Bicêtre Hospital, Department of Neuroradiology, National Center for Malformative Neurovascular Diseases, 78 rue du General Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France. augustin.ozanne@bct.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Augustin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozanne
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krings
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toulgoat
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lasjaunias
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed