Arterial vascularization of the cranial nerves.
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.
Ozanne
Augustin
A
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
Pereira
Vitor
V
Krings
Timo
T
Toulgoat
Frédérique
F
Lasjaunias
Pierre
P
D001158:Arteries; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed