Cervical Root Compression by a Loop of the Vertebral ArteryCase Report
作者:
Robert Duthel,
Cornel Tudor,
Marie-Jeanette Motuo-Fotso,
Jacques Brunon,
期刊:
Neurosurgery
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 35,
issue 1
页码: 140-142
ISSN:0148-396X
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: Cervicobrachial neuralgia;Microvascular compression;Microvascular decompression;Vertebral artery
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A CASE OF an abnormal loop of the extracranial vertebral artery enlarging the intervertebral foramen at C5-C6 and the transverse foramen at C5 is reported. This occurrence is rare and was associated with cervicobrachial neuralgia caused by neurovascular compression of the C6 root. The patient was cured by microvascular decompression.
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