title: Teaching neuroimages: microvascular decompression of the optic nerve.
abstract: Vascular compression is a known cause of cranial nerve dysfunction in a variety of disease states including trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and hypoglossal neuralgia.(1,2.)
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurological Surgery, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, Augusta.
authors.forename: M Neil
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Woodall
authors.forename: Cargill H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Alleyne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D061145:Microvascular Decompression Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology