title: Imaging of Vascular Compression Syndromes.
abstract: Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, vestibulocochlear neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia represent the most common neurovascular compression syndromes. Repeated vascular pulsations at the vulnerable transitional zone of the individual cranial nerves lead to focal axonal injury and demyelination. High-resolution 3-D T2-weighted MR imaging is essential in detecting and mapping neurovascular compression for directed therapy. Knowledge of the specific nerve root exit, the transitional zones, and the adjacent vasculature is critical in proper management. Treatment options for these neurovascular compressions syndromes run the gamut from medical therapy to stereotactic radiosurgery to botulinum injections and to surgical decompression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Donahue
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ornan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: Sm5qd@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Sugoto
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: Glossopharyngeal and vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia; Hemifacial spasm; Neurovascular compression syndromes; Trigeminal neuralgia; Vestibular paroxysmia