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Vascular Contact with the Fifth Cranial Nerve at the Pons in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia AJR 163:1447-1452, Meaney,J.F.M.,et al, 1994 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Despite the fact that vascular contact with the trigeminal nerve at the pons is not specific for trigeminal neuralgia,high-definition unenhanced and enhanced 3D FISP imaging and MR angiography of the posterior fossa are useful in determining the presence or absence of vascular contact with,or deformity of,the fifth cranial nerve in patients for whom surgery is planned for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

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