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• TITLE: Significance and utility of MR cisternography for diagnosis and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

  AUTHORS: Tatsurou Tanaka, Shunji Shiiba, Eiji Sakamoto, Masafumi Oda, Shinji Kito, Kentaro Ono, Nao Wakasugi-Sato, Shinobu Matsumoto-Takeda, Yuji Seta, Yoshiki Imamura, Seiji Watanabe, Kiyotoshi Inenaga, Yasuhiro Morimoto

  KEYWORDS: Trigeminal Neuralgia; Diagnosis; MR Cisternography; Carbamazepine; Local Anesthetic Block

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Vol.6 No.3A, March 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: This review article provides doctors and dentists with an introduction to the clinical applications and sig- nificance of magnetic resonance cisternography (MRC) for the evaluation of neurovascular compression of the trigeminal nerve in patients with trigeminal neu- ralgia (TN). Specifically, the method and characteris- tics of MRC are first explained using the relevant MR sequences. Next, clinical applications for the diagnosis of TN are discussed. Finally, the significance and util- ity of MRC for effective treatment of patients with TN, such as carbamazepine administration and/or local anesthetic blocks, are presented.