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Atypic geniculate neuralgia: atypic anatomic correlation of cranial nerve roots and AICA

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Geniculate neuralgia is a rare cause of craniofacial pains. The anterior inferior cerebellar artery is the offending vessel which compress nervus intermedius in the patients with typical geniculate neuralgia. We report a patient whose pain was atypical for either geniculate neuralgia and trigeminal neuralgia. At operation the anterior inferior cerebellar artery was coursing with the nerves and was separated. After the decompression the pain resolved immediately.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Training and Research Hospital, Arikent Sitesi C-7 Blok D:9 Narlıdere, 35360, Izmir, Turkey

    Füsun Demirçivi Özer, Yusuf Kurtuluş Duransoy & Mahmut Çamlar

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Özer et al. reports on an atypic anatomic correlation of cranial nerve roots and AICA. This is an interesting case report, that adds an anatomic detail to the literature

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Özer, F.D., Duransoy, Y.K. & Çamlar, M. Atypic geniculate neuralgia: atypic anatomic correlation of cranial nerve roots and AICA. Acta Neurochir 151, 1003–1004 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0367-5

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