Computerized tomography cisternography of the trigeminal nerve for stereotactic radiosurgery. Case report.
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Abstract
A-60-year-old man with medically intractable left-sided maxillary division trigeminal neuralgia had severe cardiac disease, was dependent on an internal defibrillator and could not undergo magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated using computerized tomography (CT) cisternography and gamma knife radiosurgery. The patient was pain free 2 months after GKS. Contrast cisternography with CT scanning is an excellent alternative imaging modality for the treatment of patients with intractable trigeminal neuralgia who are unable to undergo MR imaging.
Medical subject headings
- Pneumoencephalography
- Radiosurgery
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Trigeminal Neuralgia