Abstract:The trigeminocerebellar artery (TCA) is a unique branch of the basilar artery. We treated two cases of trigeminal neuralgia caused by the TCA. A 72-year-old woman had severe typical trigeminal neuralgia for ∼ 3 years. Thin-slice T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed an offending TCA. During microvascular decompression (MVD), we found that the TCA was compressing the medial aspect of the trigeminal nerve. We therefore transposed the TCA loop medially and anteriorly away from the nerve and inserted shr… Show more
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